Donovan Sr High School

Donovan Sr High School, an one-room-style high school in Donovan, Illinois, operated by Donovan CUSD 3, works with 72 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 91% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Within Donovan CUSD 3, which oversees 3 schools and 298 students, Donovan Sr High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Donovan Sr High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Iroquois County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Iroquois County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Donovan Sr High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.1%; Donovan Sr High School posts 29.0%, -20.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Iroquois County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,255 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Iroquois County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,909 students), of which Donovan Sr High School is one.

Donovan Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Donovan Sr High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Donovan Sr High School has contracted 23%, going from 94 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.