Tremont High School

Tremont High School is a high school of tiny scale in Tremont, Illinois, one of the schools within Tremont CUSD 702, enrolling 288 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 65% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Tremont CUSD 702 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 883 students; Tremont High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Tremont High School records that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Tremont High School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tazewell County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Tremont High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Tazewell County shows median household earnings sit near $77,982, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Tremont High School is one of 56 public schools in Tazewell County (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tremont Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tremont High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.