Winchester High School

Winchester High School is one of the tiny four-year high schools in Winchester, Illinois, overseen by Winchester CUSD 1, with 166 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 80% below the state mean of about 834.

Winchester High School is one of 2 schools operated by Winchester CUSD 1, a district that serves 567 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Winchester High School logs that nearly all students (98%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Winchester High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Winchester High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Winchester High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 39.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Scott County shows median household earnings sit near $66,705, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Winchester High School is one of 5 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 736 students).

The closest other public school is Winchester Elem School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winchester High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 178 students in 2018 compared to 166 in 2025.

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