Tuscola High School

Tuscola High School, a very small high school in Tuscola, Illinois, overseen by Tuscola CUSD 301, serves 299 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Tuscola High School sits 64% below that benchmark.

Within Tuscola CUSD 301, which oversees 3 schools and 904 students, Tuscola High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Tuscola High School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Douglas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tuscola High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.5%; Tuscola High School posts 32.3%, -17.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,320 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Tuscola High School is one of 10 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 2,780 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Prairie Middle School, around 0.1 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), Tuscola High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Tuscola High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 298 (now 299). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Tuscola High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.