East Dubuque High School

East Dubuque High School operates as a tiny senior high in East Dubuque, Illinois, run under East Dubuque USD 119. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

East Dubuque USD 119 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 623 students. East Dubuque High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, East Dubuque High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, East Dubuque High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jo Daviess County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Dubuque High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.2%; actual is 39.2%, a gap of -15.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jo Daviess County put median household earnings sit near $73,993, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jo Daviess County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,012 students), of which East Dubuque High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Dubuque Jr High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Dubuque High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Dubuque High School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. East Dubuque High School's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 221 (now 180). White enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.