Staunton High School

As an intimate four-year high school in Staunton, Illinois, Staunton High School instructs 384 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Staunton CUSD 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Staunton High School sits 54% below that benchmark.

Staunton High School is one of 3 schools operated by Staunton CUSD 6, a district that teaches 1,165 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Staunton High School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Macoupin County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Staunton High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 38.2%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Macoupin County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,805 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Macoupin County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), Staunton High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Staunton Elem School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Staunton High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

Staunton High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Staunton High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 384). Over the same period, the White share fell from 97% to 91%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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