Du Quoin High School

Set in Du Quoin, Illinois, Du Quoin High School is a close-knit four-year high school, overseen by Du Quoin CUSD 300. It instructs 397 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Du Quoin High School is one of 3 schools operated by Du Quoin CUSD 300, a district that educates 1,329 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Du Quoin High School records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Du Quoin High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Perry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,118 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Perry County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,545 students), of which Du Quoin High School is one.

The closest other public school is Du Quoin Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Du Quoin High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.5%.

Du Quoin High School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Du Quoin High School's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 397). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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