Momence High School

Set in Momence, Illinois, Momence High School is a rural-scale high school, one of the schools within Momence CUSD 1. It works with 315 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Momence High School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Momence CUSD 1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 970 students; Momence High School is among them.

Demographically, Momence High School shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 21% Black. By comparison, Kankakee County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Momence High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Momence High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 31.4%.

Around the school, Kankakee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,281 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Kankakee County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students), of which Momence High School is one.

The closest other public school is Momence Jr High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Momence High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Momence High School has declined 3%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025.

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