Enrollment
80
High
DISTRICT 177 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALESTINE CUSD 3·NCES 173048003170
Palestine High School
102 N Main St, Palestine, IL 62451 · (618) 586-2712 · Crawford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL80 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Illinois public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
36 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 22 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 20 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 21 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 17 | 21% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Palestine CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Palestine High School
Palestine High School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine High School this school | 80 | 45.0% | 26.3% |
| Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School Hartsburg | 85 | 44.7% | 36.5% |
| Astoria High School Astoria | 86 | 44.2% | 27.5% |
| V I T Sr High School Table Grove | 90 | 45.6% | 24.7% |
| Cisne High School Cisne | 104 | 44.2% | 40.6% |
| Griggsville-Perry High School Griggsville | 89 | 42.7% | 18.4% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Palestine High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 80 | #679 of 708 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
80
-6 (-7%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80 | 9.1 | 8.8:1 | 45% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 89 | 8.1 | 11.0:1 | 43% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 99 | 8.2 | 12.1:1 | 44% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 86 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 90 | 10.3 | 8.7:1 | 31% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 116 | 8 | 14.5:1 | 20% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 106 | 14 | 7.6:1 | 21% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 176 | 12 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palestine High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (90 to 80); teachers down 12% (10.3 to 9.1).
About Palestine High School
Palestine High School is a public high school in Palestine, Illinois. It had 80 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Illinois have about 834 students on average; enrollment here is 90% lower.
District-wide, Palestine CUSD 3 has 2 schools and 354 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Palestine High School is White, at 100%. Among all residents of Crawford County, the White share is about 91%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 0%.
The school has 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 8.8 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Illinois is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Palestine High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Illinois public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 45.5% for Palestine High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 26.3%. The 19.2-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The county, Crawford County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $71,674 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Crawford County has 10 public schools with about 2,684 students, including Palestine High School.
Palestine Grade School is about 0.6 miles from Palestine High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: 7. Nearby schools with test data average 37.6% proficiency; Palestine High School posts 26.3%.
In the federal locale system, Palestine High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 86 students in 2020-21 to 80 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Palestine High School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,511
Census ACS
Median income
$71,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,684 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Palestine High schools
One other US public school is named Palestine High. Palestine High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Palestine High SchoolPALESTINE, TX · 1,003 students
Nearby schools
- Palestine Grade School0.6 mi · 274
- Lincoln Elementary School6.7 mi · 326
- Robinson High School6.9 mi · 447
- Nuttall Middle School7.1 mi · 362
- Washington Elementary School7.1 mi · 402
- Hutsonville High School7.8 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Palestine High SchoolHow large is Palestine High School?
Palestine High School enrolls approximately 80 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Palestine High School serve?
Palestine High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palestine High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Palestine High School is approximately 8.8:1 (9 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Palestine High School?
Palestine High School reports a student body of 100% White.
Who oversees Palestine High School?
Palestine High School is overseen by Palestine CUSD 3 in Crawford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.