Vandalia Community High School

Vandalia Community High School is a senior high of low-enrollment scale in Vandalia, Illinois, run under Vandalia CUSD 203, educateing 411 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Vandalia Community High School sits 51% smaller than that benchmark.

Vandalia CUSD 203 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,465 students. Vandalia Community High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vandalia Community High School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Fayette County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Vandalia Community High School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Vandalia Community High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vandalia Community High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.4%.

In the surrounding community, Fayette County reports that median household income runs about $60,944, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fayette County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,858 students), of which Vandalia Community High School is one.

The closest other public school is Vandalia Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Vandalia Community High School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 411 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.