Okawville Jr/Sr High School

Set in Okawville, Illinois, Okawville Jr/Sr High School is an one-room-style 9-12 campus, one of the schools within West Washington Co CUD 10. It enrolls 224 students across grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 73% smaller than typical.

Okawville Jr/Sr High School is one of 2 schools operated by West Washington Co CUD 10, a district that hosts 521 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Okawville Jr/Sr High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Okawville Jr/Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $78,224 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Okawville Jr/Sr High School is one of 7 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 1,739 students).

Nearest neighbor: Okawville Grade School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Okawville Jr/Sr High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Okawville Jr/Sr High School has fell 17%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.