Egyptian Sr High School

As a rural-scale high school in Tamms, Illinois, Egyptian Sr High School serves 84 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Egyptian CUSD 5. That puts it 90% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Egyptian CUSD 5 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 304 students; Egyptian Sr High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Egyptian Sr High School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Alexander County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Egyptian Sr High School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Egyptian Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Alexander County shows the typical household earns roughly $47,043 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alexander County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 582 students), of which Egyptian Sr High School is one.

The closest other public school is Egyptian Elem School, roughly 0.0 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), Egyptian Sr High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Egyptian Sr High School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 103 (now 84). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 14% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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