Herscher High School

Herscher High School, a cozy secondary school in Herscher, Illinois, part of Herscher CUSD 2, serves 542 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Herscher High School sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Herscher CUSD 2 (1,686 students total), Herscher High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Herscher High School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, Herscher High School lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kankakee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Herscher High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -10.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Kankakee County reports that median household income runs about $71,281, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Herscher High School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

The closest other public school is Herscher Intermediate Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Herscher High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.8%.

Herscher High School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Herscher High School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 542).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.