Washington Comm High School

Set in Washington, Illinois, Washington Comm High School is a big 9-12 campus, part of Washington CHSD 308. It hosts 1,399 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 68% larger than typical.

Washington CHSD 308 is the operating authority for Washington Comm High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Washington Comm High School reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Washington Comm High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tazewell County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Washington Comm High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 59.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tazewell County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $77,982 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Tazewell County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), Washington Comm High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central Primary Sch, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Washington Comm High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 1,340 students in 2018 compared to 1,399 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 92% to 88% over that span.

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