Pearl City High School

Pearl City High School operates as a rural-scale secondary school in Pearl City, Illinois, run under Pearl City CUSD 200. Current enrollment sits at 147 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 82% leaner than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Pearl City CUSD 200 (418 students total), Pearl City High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Pearl City High School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Stephenson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Pearl City High School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stephenson County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pearl City High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 52.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Stephenson County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,043 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Stephenson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,092 students), Pearl City High School is one campus in the mix.

Pearl City Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pearl City High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pearl City High School has ticked up 9%, going from 135 students in 2018 to 147 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 88% over that span.

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