Rushville-Industry High School

Rushville-Industry High School operates as a tiny high school in Rushville, Illinois, overseen by Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5. Current enrollment sits at 295 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 65% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 843 students; Rushville-Industry High School is among them.

Demographically, Rushville-Industry High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Schuyler County as a whole.

On the resource side, Rushville-Industry High School records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rushville-Industry High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.7%; actual is 28.1%, a gap of -15.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Schuyler County) shows that median household income runs about $65,948, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Schuyler County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 843 students), of which Rushville-Industry High School is one.

Schuyler Industry Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rushville-Industry High School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rushville-Industry High School's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 295). The White share of enrollment contracted from 94% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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