Lawrenceville High School
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BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lawrenceville High School
As a tiny high school in Lawrenceville, Illinois, Lawrenceville High School teaches 298 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Lawrence County CUD 20. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 834.
Lawrence County CUD 20 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,061 students; Lawrenceville High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Lawrenceville High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Lawrenceville High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 32.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lawrence County put median household income runs about $55,324, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lawrenceville High School is one of 6 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 1,964 students).
The closest other public school is Parkside Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Lawrenceville High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lawrenceville High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.7%.
The campus sits in a town-based setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Lawrenceville High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 298).
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