United Jr./Sr. High School

Set in Monmouth, Illinois, United Jr./Sr. High School is a close-knit 9-12 campus, run under United CUSD 304. It serves 445 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Within United CUSD 304, which oversees 5 schools and 1,209 students, United Jr./Sr. High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, United Jr./Sr. High School logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, United Jr./Sr. High School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting United Jr./Sr. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at United Jr./Sr. High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Warren County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, United Jr./Sr. High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 42.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Warren County) reports that median household earnings sit near $67,385, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. United Jr./Sr. High School is one of 10 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 2,788 students).

Lincoln Early Childhood School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around United Jr./Sr. High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts United Jr./Sr. High School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 58%: 282 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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