Edwardsville High School

Located at 6161 Center Grove Rd, in Edwardsville, Illinois, Edwardsville High School is a roomy 9-12 campus that hosts 2,342 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Edwardsville CUSD 7. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 181% bigger than typical.

Within Edwardsville CUSD 7, which oversees 13 schools and 7,060 students, Edwardsville High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Edwardsville High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edwardsville High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 56.9%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Madison County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,793 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Edwardsville High School is one.

Woodland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edwardsville High School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

Edwardsville High School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 2,366 students in 2018 compared to 2,342 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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