New Berlin High School

New Berlin High School is a high school of rural-scale scale in New Berlin, Illinois, run under New Berlin CUSD 16, works with 256 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so New Berlin High School sits 69% below that benchmark.

New Berlin CUSD 16 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 863 students; New Berlin High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, New Berlin High School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting New Berlin High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sangamon County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Berlin High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.4%; New Berlin High School posts 38.3%, -18.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sangamon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), New Berlin High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is New Berlin Jr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Berlin High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

New Berlin High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Berlin High School has ticked up 3%, going from 249 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.