Oblong High School

Set in Oblong, Illinois, Oblong High School is a minimally staffed high school, operated by Oblong CUSD 4. It educates 165 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Oblong High School sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Oblong CUSD 4, which oversees 2 schools and 526 students, Oblong High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Oblong High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Oblong High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oblong High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.6%; this one comes in at 28.2%, -17.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Crawford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,674 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Oblong High School is one of 10 public schools in Crawford County (combined enrollment of about 2,684 students).

Oblong Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Oblong High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oblong High School has contracted 14%, going from 191 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Oblong High School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.