Urbana High School

Urbana High School is an average-sized secondary school in Urbana, Illinois, part of Urbana SD 116. The school hosts 1,176 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 834.

Urbana SD 116 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,658 students; Urbana High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Urbana High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Champaign County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Urbana High School has 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Champaign County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Urbana High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of -5.7 points.

Around the school, Champaign County reports that median household income runs about $63,683, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Urbana High School is one of 66 public schools in Champaign County (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students).

Urbana Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Urbana High School. On composite proficiency, Urbana High School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 17.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,185 students in 2018 compared to 1,176 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.