Serena High School

Serena High School is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Serena, Illinois, operated by Serena CUSD 2, with 162 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 81% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Serena CUSD 2 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 611 students. Serena High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Serena High School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against LaSalle County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Serena High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.9%; actual is 32.7%, a gap of -19.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (LaSalle County) shows that median household income runs about $73,045, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, LaSalle County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students), of which Serena High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Serena Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Serena High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

Serena High School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 162 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.