Johnston City High School

Johnston City High School is one of the tiny 9-12 campuss in Johnston City, Illinois, overseen by Johnston City CUSD 1, with 328 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Within Johnston City CUSD 1, which oversees 4 schools and 1,057 students, Johnston City High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Johnston City High School logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Johnston City High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 31.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Williamson County shows median household earnings sit near $65,604, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Williamson County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,700 students), Johnston City High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Johnston City High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.