School District 428 IYC-HRB

School District 428 IYC-HRB operates as a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Harrisburg, Illinois, operated by IDJJ Sch Dist 428. Current enrollment sits at 42 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

IDJJ Sch Dist 428 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 157 students. School District 428 IYC-HRB is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, School District 428 IYC-HRB lists that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 14% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 3% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, School District 428 IYC-HRB has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Saline County's rate of about 62%.

In the surrounding community, Saline County reports that median household income runs about $53,117, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Saline County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,704 students), School District 428 IYC-HRB is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Side Primary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 52%: 88 students in 2018 compared to 42 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 70% to 48%.

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