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Enrollment
411
High
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTA CUSD 202·NCES 173141003313
Porta High School
17651 Bluejay Rd, Petersburg, IL 62675 · (217) 632-3216 · Menard County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Illinois public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
193 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 7 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 59 | 14% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Porta CUSD 202. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
19.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 8.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Porta High School
Porta High School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porta High School this school | 411 | 47.0% | 31.2% |
| Frankfort Comm High School West Frankfort | 416 | 47.4% | 27.7% |
| Casey-Westfield Jr/Sr High School Casey | 361 | 46.3% | 38.5% |
| Carmi-White County High School Carmi | 419 | 49.4% | 38.3% |
| Vandalia Community High School Vandalia | 411 | 49.1% | 35.4% |
| Robinson High School Robinson | 447 | 44.5% | 36.2% |
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 Porta High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #340 of 573 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #47 of 75 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #56 of 75 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #370 of 708 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #150 of 528 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #442 of 537 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #327 of 578 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #112 of 358 |
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
411
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 349
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 | 411 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 47% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 34.5 | 12.5:1 | 43% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 36.5 | 11.7:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 38.5 | 12.4:1 | 41% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 34% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 22% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Porta High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (479 to 411); teachers down 17% (38.5 to 32).
About Porta High School
Porta High School is a small high school in Petersburg, Illinois, under Porta CUSD 202. It enrolls 411 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 12. That is 51% below the average of about 834 students for high schools in Illinois.
Porta CUSD 202 counts 1,034 students in its 3 schools, and Porta High School is one of them.
Roughly 93% of students at Porta High School are White. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial. Menard County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Porta High School scores 14%.
Teacher count: 32 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. Across high schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Roughly 47% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Menard County is 9 points.
Porta High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Illinois public high schools.
Porta High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.2%, compared with a predicted 44.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Menard County show that median household income comes to about $82,176, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 1,701 students.
Porta High School is about 0.2 miles from Porta Central, its nearest public school. Porta High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Porta High School's average proficiency of 31.2% compares with 46.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 415 in 2020-21, 411 in 2024-25.
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Menard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,095
Census ACS
Median income
$82,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Porta CUSD 202
- Petersburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Porta CentralElementary · 288 students
Other schools in Petersburg
- Petersburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Porta CentralElementary · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Porta Central0.2 mi · 288
- Petersburg Elementary School0.5 mi · 335
- Greenview Jr/Sr High School8.0 mi · 107
- Greenview Elementary School8.0 mi · 117
- Athens Sr High School8.5 mi · 299
- Athens Junior High School8.5 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Porta High SchoolHow many students attend Porta High School?
Porta High School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Porta High School serve?
Porta High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Porta High School have?
Porta High School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Porta High School?
Porta High School reports a student body of 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Porta High School?
Porta High School is overseen by Porta CUSD 202 in Menard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.