Midland High School

Midland High School is a very small high school in Varna, Illinois, part of Midland CUSD 7. The school hosts 194 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 77% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Midland CUSD 7 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 657 students; Midland High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Midland High School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Midland High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marshall County put median household earnings sit near $71,585, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Midland High School is one of 9 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 1,576 students).

Nearest neighbor: Midland Elementary School, around 6.0 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, Midland High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Midland High School has fell 6%, going from 207 students in 2018 to 194 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 90% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.