Elmwood High School

As a tiny secondary school in Elmwood, Illinois, Elmwood High School hosts 208 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Elmwood CUSD 322. That puts it 75% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Elmwood CUSD 322 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 622 students; Elmwood High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elmwood High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Elmwood High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Peoria County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elmwood High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 52.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Peoria County indicate median household income runs about $65,108, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Peoria County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), of which Elmwood High School is one.

Elmwood Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Elmwood High School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

Elmwood High School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Elmwood High School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 233 (now 208). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the Elmwood High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.