Sullivan High School

Sullivan High School operates as a very small secondary school in Sullivan, Illinois, overseen by Sullivan CUSD 300. Current enrollment sits at 317 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Sullivan CUSD 300 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,148 students; Sullivan High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sullivan High School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Moultrie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sullivan High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Sullivan High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sullivan High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Moultrie County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,784, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Moultrie County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students), Sullivan High School is one campus in the mix.

Sullivan Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sullivan High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sullivan High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Sullivan High School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 317). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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