Taylorville Sr High School

As a medium-sized high school in Taylorville, Illinois, Taylorville Sr High School educates 739 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Taylorville CUSD 3.

Within Taylorville CUSD 3, which oversees 4 schools and 2,172 students, Taylorville Sr High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Taylorville Sr High School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Christian County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Taylorville Sr High School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Christian County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Taylorville Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.9%; this one comes in at 34.6%, -15.3 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Christian County) records that median household earnings sit near $62,611, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Christian County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,740 students), of which Taylorville Sr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Taylorville Jr High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Taylorville Sr High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Taylorville Sr High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Taylorville Sr High School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 739). Over the same period, the White share declined from 96% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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