Woodlawn High School

Woodlawn High School is a 9-12 campus of one-room-style scale in Woodlawn, Illinois, run under Woodlawn Unit School District 209, serveing 174 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 79% below typical.

Woodlawn High School is one of 2 schools operated by Woodlawn Unit School District 209, a district that hosts 496 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Woodlawn High School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodlawn High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.6%; Woodlawn High School posts 34.0%, -16.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $63,118 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,314 students), Woodlawn High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodlawn Grade School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodlawn High School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 29.4%.

Woodlawn High School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 163 students in 2018 compared to 174 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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