High Schools in Sherrard CUSD 200

Sherrard CUSD 200 is a school district in Illinois that contains only one high school, Sherrard High School. The high school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and overall performance rating in recent years, dropping from 188th out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2021-2022 to 293rd out of 697 in 2023-2024. While the school's four-year graduation rate is above the state average at 93.5%, its dropout rate of 2.8% and chronic absenteeism rate of 25.0% are both higher than the state averages.

Academically, Sherrard High School's students have performed below the state average in mathematics, with only 13.9% scoring proficient or better on the SAT, compared to the state average of 26.1%. In English Language Arts, the school's 11th-grade students scored 30.7% proficient or better, slightly lower than the state average of 31.1%. However, the school's science proficiency rate of 66.7% on the ISA is higher than the state average of 53.2%.

Despite the school's lower academic performance in some areas, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.5 and a higher per-student spending of $14,675, which is above the state average. The school's free and reduced-price lunch rate of 27.27% is also lower than the state average, suggesting that the district is investing resources in the school. However, the higher chronic absenteeism rate may indicate that there are other factors, such as socioeconomic challenges, that are impacting student engagement and attendance.