Neoga Jr/Sr High School

Neoga Jr/Sr High School is a micro-enrollment high school in Neoga, Illinois, one of the schools within Neoga CUSD 3. The school enrolls 280 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Within Neoga CUSD 3, which oversees 2 schools and 521 students, Neoga Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Neoga Jr/Sr High School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Cumberland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Neoga Jr/Sr High School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Neoga Jr/Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Neoga Jr/Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.0%; this one comes in at 30.4%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household income runs about $73,327, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Cumberland County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,493 students), Neoga Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Neoga Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Neoga Jr/Sr High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 280 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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