Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch

Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch, a tiny high school in Washburn, Illinois, part of Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21, works with 156 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% below the state mean of about 834.

Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 313 students; Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. Compared to Woodford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Woodford County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Woodford County indicate median household income runs about $91,483, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch is one of 32 public schools in Woodford County (combined enrollment of about 6,338 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lowpoint-Washburn Elem School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 147 (now 156).

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