Pontiac High School

Pontiac High School is one of the small 9-12 campuss in Pontiac, Illinois, part of Pontiac Twp HSD 90, with 658 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 834.

Pontiac Twp HSD 90 is the operating authority for Pontiac High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Pontiac High School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Pontiac High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pontiac High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Livingston County) shows that median household earnings sit near $73,790, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Pontiac High School is one of 24 public schools in Livingston County (combined enrollment of about 5,273 students).

Pontiac Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pontiac High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pontiac High School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Pontiac High School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pontiac High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 647 (now 658). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 83% to 76%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.