Eisenhower High School

Set in Decatur, Illinois, Eisenhower High School is a medium-sized secondary school, run under Decatur SD 61. It works with 909 students across grades 9 through 12.

Decatur SD 61 comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 7,840 students; Eisenhower High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eisenhower High School reports that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 32% White, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the resource side, On paper, Eisenhower High School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Macon County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eisenhower High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 27.2%; Eisenhower High School posts 12.8%, -14.5 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Macon County put median household earnings sit near $62,666, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Macon County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), Eisenhower High School is one campus in the mix.

Johns Hill Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eisenhower High School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 11.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Eisenhower High School's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,023 (now 909). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 37% to 32%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.