Trico Senior High School

Trico Senior High School is an one-room-style secondary school in Campbell Hill, Illinois, part of Trico CUSD 176. The school instructs 220 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Trico Senior High School sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Trico CUSD 176 (879 students total), Trico Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Trico Senior High School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Jackson County's rate of about 73%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Trico Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

In the surrounding community, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $48,763, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jackson County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,811 students), Trico Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Trico Jr High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Trico Senior High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trico Senior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 30%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 220 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 5% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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