Elverado High School

Elverado High School is a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Elkville, Illinois, overseen by Elverado CUSD 196. The school serves 102 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Within Elverado CUSD 196, which oversees 4 schools and 348 students, Elverado High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Elverado High School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Elverado High School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Elverado High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% 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 Jackson County's rate of about 73%.

After controlling for student poverty, Elverado High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.

In the surrounding community, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $48,763, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jackson County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,811 students), Elverado High School is one campus in the mix.

Elverado Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Elverado High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elverado High School has edged down 14%, going from 118 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 94% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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