Oakwood High School

Oakwood High School is a micro-enrollment secondary school in Fithian, Illinois, one of the schools within Oakwood CUSD 76. The school educates 256 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 69% below typical.

Oakwood CUSD 76 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 829 students; Oakwood High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Oakwood High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Oakwood High School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Oakwood High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Oakwood High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Vermilion County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oakwood High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Vermilion County indicate median household income runs about $56,877, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Vermilion County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,267 students), of which Oakwood High School is one.

Oakwood Grade School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakwood High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.3%.

Oakwood High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakwood High School has contracted 16%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 85% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.