Stewardson-Strasburg High School

Stewardson-Strasburg High School is one of the minimally staffed senior highs in Strasburg, Illinois, overseen by Stewardson-Strasburg CUD 5A, with 143 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Stewardson-Strasburg CUD 5A runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 433 students. Stewardson-Strasburg High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Stewardson-Strasburg High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That composition is broadly in line with Shelby County as a whole.

On the resource side, Stewardson-Strasburg High School shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Stewardson-Strasburg High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 49.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Shelby County) reports that median household income runs about $72,095, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Shelby County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,922 students), Stewardson-Strasburg High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stewardson-Strasburg Elem School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stewardson-Strasburg High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stewardson-Strasburg High School's enrollment has rose 36% since 2018, when it stood at 105 (now 143). Class-load math has widened: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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