Hamilton High School

Hamilton High School is one of the minimally staffed four-year high schools in Hamilton, Illinois, operated by Hamilton CCSD 328, with 193 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 77% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Hamilton CCSD 328 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 577 students. Hamilton High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hamilton High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hamilton High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% 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), Hamilton High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hancock County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,865, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Hamilton High School is one of 15 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 2,703 students).

The closest other public school is Hamilton Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hamilton High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Hamilton High School's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 193). The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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