Iroquois West High School

Set in Gilman, Illinois, Iroquois West High School is a minimally staffed high school, overseen by Iroquois West CUSD 10. It instructs 284 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Iroquois West High School sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Iroquois West CUSD 10, which oversees 5 schools and 854 students, Iroquois West High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Iroquois West High School logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder looks like 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Iroquois County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Iroquois West High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Iroquois West High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.0%; Iroquois West High School posts 21.7%, -18.3 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Iroquois County shows median household earnings sit near $66,255, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Iroquois County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,909 students), Iroquois West High School is one campus in the mix.

Iroquois West Elem School/Gilman is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Iroquois West High School. On composite proficiency, Iroquois West High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

Iroquois West High School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Iroquois West High School's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 284). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 27% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.