Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch

Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch, a tiny senior high in Pawnee, Illinois, run under Pawnee CUSD 11, works with 247 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch sits 70% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Pawnee CUSD 11 (572 students total), Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school shows 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 66.4%; actual is 38.0%, a gap of -28.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sangamon County shows median household income runs about $75,357, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sangamon County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), of which Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Pawnee Grade School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 273 (now 247).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.