Goreville High School

Goreville High School operates as an one-room-style secondary school in Goreville, Illinois, overseen by Goreville CUD 1. Current enrollment sits at 166 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 2 schools in Goreville CUD 1 (630 students total), Goreville High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Goreville High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder looks like 2% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Goreville High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Around the school, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $62,528, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Johnson County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,743 students), of which Goreville High School is one.

Goreville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goreville High School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

Goreville High School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Goreville High School has declined 13%, going from 190 students in 2018 to 166 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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