Valmeyer High School

Valmeyer High School, an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Valmeyer, Illinois, one of the schools within Valmeyer CUSD 3, hosts 106 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 87% leaner than typical.

Within Valmeyer CUSD 3, which oversees 3 schools and 335 students, Valmeyer High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Valmeyer High School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Valmeyer High School reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Valmeyer High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at Valmeyer High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valmeyer High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 46.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $102,880, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monroe County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,006 students), of which Valmeyer High School is one.

Valmeyer Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valmeyer High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 106 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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