GCMS High School

Located at 815 N Church St, in Gibson City, Illinois, GCMS High School is a very small secondary school that teaches 275 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5. That puts it 67% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 975 students; GCMS High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, GCMS High School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GCMS High School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ford County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GCMS High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 48.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ford County) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,439 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ford County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,450 students), of which GCMS High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: GCMS Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GCMS High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

GCMS High School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. GCMS High School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 275).

Inside the community feed, members of the GCMS High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.