Jacksonville High School

Jacksonville High School is a high school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Jacksonville, Illinois, overseen by Jacksonville SD 117, hosting 890 students in grades 9 through 12.

Jacksonville SD 117 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,231 students; Jacksonville High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jacksonville High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% 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), Jacksonville High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 35.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morgan County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,306 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morgan County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,446 students), of which Jacksonville High School is one.

Lincoln Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Jacksonville High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jacksonville High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

Jacksonville High School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 986 students in 2018 compared to 890 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 73% across the same window.

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