Villa Grove High School

Set in Villa Grove, Illinois, Villa Grove High School is a very small senior high, run under Villa Grove CUSD 302. It enrolls 194 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 77% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Villa Grove CUSD 302 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 599 students. Villa Grove High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Villa Grove High School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Villa Grove High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 42.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Douglas County shows median household earnings sit near $77,320, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Villa Grove High School is one of 10 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 2,780 students).

Villa Grove Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Villa Grove High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Villa Grove High School has declined 3%, going from 199 students in 2018 to 194 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 97% to 93%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.