Geneseo High School

Located at 700 N State St, in Geneseo, Illinois, Geneseo High School is a moderately sized secondary school that serves 794 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Geneseo CUSD 228.

Geneseo CUSD 228 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,422 students; Geneseo High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Geneseo High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Henry County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Geneseo High School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Henry County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Geneseo High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Henry County put the typical household earns roughly $71,911 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Geneseo High School is one of 28 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 7,723 students).

Geneseo Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Geneseo High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Geneseo High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Geneseo High School has contracted 6%, going from 843 students in 2018 to 794 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Geneseo High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.