Delavan High School

Delavan High School, a rural-scale senior high in Delavan, Illinois, run under Delavan CUSD 703, serves 129 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Delavan CUSD 703 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 375 students. Delavan High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Delavan High School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Delavan High School lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Tazewell County's rate of about 39%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Delavan High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 49.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tazewell County put the typical household earns roughly $77,982 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Tazewell County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), Delavan High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Delavan Jr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Delavan High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Delavan High School has fell 6%, going from 137 students in 2018 to 129 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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