New Athens High School

As a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in New Athens, Illinois, New Athens High School works with 164 students from grades 9 through 12, run under New Athens CUSD 60. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 80% leaner than typical.

Within New Athens CUSD 60, which oversees 3 schools and 488 students, New Athens High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, New Athens High School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, New Athens High School records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting New Athens High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Athens High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, St. Clair County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,854 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. New Athens High School is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students).

New Athens Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around New Athens High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Athens High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 163 students in 2018 compared to 164 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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