Shawnee High School

As a micro-enrollment secondary school in Wolf Lake, Illinois, Shawnee High School enrolls 72 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Shawnee CUSD 84. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Shawnee High School sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

Shawnee CUSD 84 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 270 students; Shawnee High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shawnee High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Shawnee High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Union County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shawnee High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.0%; this one comes in at 17.9%, -23.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Union County put median household income runs about $55,728, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Union County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,478 students), of which Shawnee High School is one.

Shawnee Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shawnee High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Shawnee High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 72 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Shawnee High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.