Massac County High School

Massac County High School operates as a low-enrollment four-year high school in Metropolis, Illinois, run under Massac UD 1. Current enrollment sits at 512 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Massac County High School is one of 7 schools operated by Massac UD 1, a district that educates 1,826 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Massac County High School lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Massac County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Massac County High School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Massac County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Massac County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 38.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Massac County put the typical household earns roughly $65,116 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Massac County High School is one of 10 public schools in Massac County (combined enrollment of about 2,026 students).

Massac Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Massac County High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Massac County High School has fell 12%, going from 584 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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