North Mac High School

Set in Virden, Illinois, North Mac High School is a tight-knit senior high, operated by North Mac CUSD 34. It enrolls 361 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 834.

Across the 4 schools in North Mac CUSD 34 (1,155 students total), North Mac High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, North Mac High School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Macoupin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, North Mac High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Macoupin County put median household earnings sit near $70,805, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. North Mac High School is one of 28 public schools in Macoupin County (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students).

North Mac Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Mac High School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Mac High School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 361). Class-load math has rose: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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