Mt Olive High School

Set in Mount Olive, Illinois, Mt Olive High School is a tiny four-year high school, overseen by Mount Olive CUSD 5. It hosts 151 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 82% below typical.

Mt Olive High School is one of 2 schools operated by Mount Olive CUSD 5, a district that educates 479 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mt Olive High School records that nearly all students (97%) are White; the rest reads as 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% 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), Mt Olive High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Macoupin County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,805, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macoupin County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), of which Mt Olive High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mt Olive Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mt Olive High School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 131 students in 2018 compared to 151 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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