Hall High School

Hall High School is a four-year high school of compact scale in Spring Valley, Illinois, one of the schools within Hall HSD 502, serveing 388 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Operationally, Hall High School answers to Hall HSD 502, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Hall High School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bureau County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hall High School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hall High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hall High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.9%.

In the surrounding community, Bureau County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,257, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Bureau County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,547 students), Hall High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John F Kennedy Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hall High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hall High School has declined 11%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 26% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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