Effingham High School

Effingham High School operates as an average-sized 9-12 campus in Effingham, Illinois, part of Effingham CUSD 40. Current enrollment sits at 712 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within Effingham CUSD 40, which oversees 6 schools and 2,261 students, Effingham High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Effingham High School lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 96% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Effingham High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Effingham County put median household income runs about $80,404, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Effingham High School is one of 18 public schools in Effingham County (combined enrollment of about 5,063 students).

Nearest neighbor: Effingham Junior High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Effingham High School. On composite proficiency, Effingham High School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 736 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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