Warrensburg-Latham High School

Warrensburg-Latham High School, a small senior high in Warrensburg, Illinois, run under Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11, works with 336 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 3 schools in Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11 (1,014 students total), Warrensburg-Latham High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Warrensburg-Latham High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Warrensburg-Latham High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Warrensburg-Latham High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Macon County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Warrensburg-Latham High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.2%; this one delivers 35.5%.

Around the school, census data for Macon County shows median household earnings sit near $62,666, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Warrensburg-Latham High School is one of 43 public schools in Macon County (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students).

Warrensburg-Latham Middle Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Warrensburg-Latham High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Warrensburg-Latham High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Warrensburg-Latham High School's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 297 (now 336). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 93% to 84%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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