Tri-Valley High School

Tri-Valley High School is one of the very small high schools in Downs, Illinois, one of the schools within Tri Valley CUSD 3, with 329 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

Within Tri Valley CUSD 3, which oversees 3 schools and 1,074 students, Tri-Valley High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tri-Valley High School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 9% of students at Tri-Valley High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, McLean County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Tri-Valley High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 61.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McLean County put the typical household earns roughly $79,905 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Tri-Valley High School is one of 60 public schools in McLean County (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students).

Tri-Valley Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tri-Valley High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Tri-Valley High School's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 329).

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