Pittsfield High School

Pittsfield High School is a senior high of small scale in Pittsfield, Illinois, run under Pikeland CUSD 10, teacheing 369 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 3 schools in Pikeland CUSD 10 (1,200 students total), Pittsfield High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pittsfield High School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Pike County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pittsfield High School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pittsfield High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pike County put median household income runs about $59,777, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Pike County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,394 students), Pittsfield High School is one campus in the mix.

Pittsfield South Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pittsfield High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsfield High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.