Earlville Jr/Sr High School

Earlville Jr/Sr High School, a rural-scale secondary school in Earlville, Illinois, run under Earlville CUSD 9, enrolls 97 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Across the 3 schools in Earlville CUSD 9 (405 students total), Earlville Jr/Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Earlville Jr/Sr High School records that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Earlville Jr/Sr High School records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Earlville Jr/Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below LaSalle County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Earlville Jr/Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.5%; this one comes in at 34.0%, -15.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for LaSalle County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,045 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across LaSalle County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students), Earlville Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

The Earlville Early Learning Ctr 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. On composite proficiency, Earlville Jr/Sr High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Earlville Jr/Sr High School has edged down 28%, going from 134 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 12% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.