Is Cairo Junior/Senior High School a good school?

Cairo Junior/Senior High School ranks in the bottom 6.6% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Cairo Junior/Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 120 students attended Cairo Junior/Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Cairo Junior/Senior High School?

Students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School are 77% African American, 12% White, 9% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

What schools feed into Cairo Junior/Senior High School?

Cairo Junior/Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Cairo Elementary School

Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Summary:

Cairo Junior/Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Cairo, Illinois, with a total enrollment of 120 students. Unfortunately, this school consistently ranks among the lowest-performing high schools in the state, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger and significant academic and attendance challenges.

The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as African American students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Its four-year graduation rate has declined from 88.5% in 2020-2021 to 64.3% in 2023-2024, and chronic absenteeism has skyrocketed from 2.2% to 61.4% over the same period. Test scores are also significantly below state averages across all subject areas and grade levels, with 0% proficiency in SAT Mathematics and only 3.8% proficiency in SAT English Language Arts for 11th-grade students, compared to state averages of 26.1% and 31.1%, respectively.

While the nearby schools, such as Century Junior/Senior High School, Egyptian Senior High School, and Meridian High School, also perform poorly compared to the state average, they generally outperform Cairo Junior/Senior High School across various metrics. The high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at Cairo Junior/Senior High School, over 99% in recent years, suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income student population, which may contribute to the academic and attendance challenges. Despite the high per-student spending, the school's consistent decline in performance across multiple metrics indicates that the focus should be on addressing the underlying systemic issues that are hindering student success.

Detail:

Public 7-12

4201 Sycamore St
Cairo, IL 62914-1047

(618) 734-2187

District: Cairo Unified School District 1

SchoolDigger Rank:
651^st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $29,459

Feeder schools for Cairo Junior/Senior High School:

Elementary:

Cairo Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 8.5

Number of students: 120

Racial breakdown:

African American:

76.7%

White:

11.7%

Two or more races:

9.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cairo Junior/Senior High School ranks worse than 91.3% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.17. (See more...)

Compare Details Cairo Junior/Senior High School ranks worse than 93.4% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.44. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (76.7%), White (11.7%), two or more races (9.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 97.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cairo Junior/Senior High School is 8.5. (See more...)

Compare Cairo Junior/Senior High School employs 14 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cairo Junior/Senior High School is $29,459.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cairo Junior/Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cairo Junior/Senior High School 1245^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Cairo Junior/Senior High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

African American students:

SchoolDigger ranks Cairo Junior/Senior High School 651^st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Cairo Junior/Senior High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Male students:

African American students:

Cairo Unified School District 1:

SchoolDigger ranks Cairo Unified School District 1 810^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cairo Junior/Senior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2004	6.73	1113^th	1204	7.6%
2005	10.30	1061^st	1209	12.2%
2006	5.66	1198^th	1272	5.8%
2007	12.61	1134^th	1287	11.9%
2008	1.85	1283^rd	1293	0.8%
2009	1.90	1300^th	1318	1.4%
2010	0.31	1327^th	1327	0.0%
2011	20.07	1152^nd	1344	14.3%
2012	31.18	1037^th	1365	24.0%
2013	14.97	1209^th	1367	11.6%
2014	3.30	1303^rd	1322	1.4%
2015	8.11	1287^th	1302	1.2%
2016	6.02	1293^rd	1294	0.1%
2017	9.53	1251^st	1293	3.2%
2018	11.13	1229^th	1293	4.9%
2019	9.55	1310^th	1356	3.4%
2022	16.08	1213^th	1369	11.4%
2023	9.36	1350^th	1367	1.2%
2024	14.17	1245^th	1363	8.7%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.27	1089^th	1161	6.2%
2019	13.05	1162^nd	1217	4.5%
2022	22.50	1049^th	1221	14.1%
2023	12.66	1205^th	1234	2.4%
2024	20.82	1046^th	1219	14.2%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	7.70	1202^nd	1226	2.0%
2019	8.95	1232^nd	1276	3.4%
2023	9.31	1251^st	1275	1.9%
2024	19.05	1034^th	1251	17.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	14.88	1101^st	1223	10.0%
2019	15.41	1161^st	1296	10.4%
2023	9.59	1282^nd	1292	0.8%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.21	436^th	511	14.7%
2019	18.93	542^nd	565	4.1%
2023	25.17	487^th	569	14.4%
2024	33.91	367^th	548	33.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Cairo Junior/Senior High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	1.29	561^st	586	4.3%
2004	1.08	572^nd	592	3.4%
2005	1.09	569^th	590	3.6%
2006	4.02	559^th	596	6.2%
2007	0.79	606^th	612	1.0%
2008	3.30	581^st	624	6.9%
2009	2.72	599^th	632	5.2%
2010	1.88	622^nd	643	3.3%
2011	6.85	587^th	655	10.4%
2012	3.04	631^st	665	5.1%
2013	3.52	631^st	670	5.8%
2014	2.33	640^th	670	4.5%
2016	17.07	553^rd	643	14.0%
2017	7.31	599^th	642	6.7%
2018	6.88	617^th	647	4.6%
2019	7.19	673^rd	701	4.0%
2021	8.35	667^th	688	3.1%
2022	6.59	696^th	699	0.4%
2023	8.45	670^th	699	4.1%
2024	11.44	651^st	697	6.6%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.40	551^st	585	5.8%
2019	11.14	611^th	639	4.4%
2021	12.21	580^th	611	5.1%
2022	9.99	621^st	626	0.8%
2023	11.45	620^th	644	3.7%
2024	15.32	582^nd	639	8.9%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.09	603^rd	620	2.7%
2019	6.49	644^th	665	3.2%
2023	10.35	596^th	656	9.1%
2024	13.40	594^th	664	10.5%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	10.39	611^th	668	8.5%
2024	10.02	632^nd	668	5.4%

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Rank History for high school African American students at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.33	206^th	253	18.6%
2019	22.99	252^nd	299	15.7%
2021	23.07	241^st	281	14.2%
2022	16.76	294^th	294	0.0%
2023	24.37	245^th	301	18.6%
2024	26.44	235^th	299	21.4%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Cairo Junior/Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	86	234	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	325
1989	69	226	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	298
1990	57	237	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	298
1991	61	226	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	291
1992	62	244	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	310
1993	64	232	4	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	301
1994	48	238	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	289
1995	30	210	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	241
1996	30	210	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	241
1997	28	203	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	231
1998	24	186	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	210
1999	23	186	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	209
2000	18	179	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	197
2001	21	198	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	219
2002	14	186	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	200
2003	14	186	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	200
2004	27	291	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	318
2005	26	276	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	4	306
2006	32	269	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	3	304
2007	24	234	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	5	263
2008	22	213	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	3	239
2009	22	215	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	5	243
2010	16	205	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	3	226
2011	12	156	0	2	0	0	7	0	177
2012	10	148	0	2	0	0	10	0	170
2013	7	145	0	1	0	1	13	0	167
2014	9	183	1	2	0	0	19	0	214
2015	8	170	1	1	0	0	16	0	196
2016	18	156	4	0	0	0	13	0	191
2017	11	142	1	2	0	0	12	0	168
2018	9	148	1	0	0	0	12	0	170
2019	8	106	1	1	0	0	11	0	127
2020	7	120	1	0	0	0	8	0	136
2021	9	114	0	0	0	0	7	0	130
2022	8	95	1	0	0	0	9	0	113
2023	9	102	0	1	0	0	8	0	120
2024	14	92	0	3	0	0	11	0	120

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cairo Junior/Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	325	26.0	12.5	n/a
1989	298	25.0	11.9	n/a
1990	298	23.0	12.9	n/a
1991	291	22.9	12.7	n/a
1992	310	23.0	13.4	n/a
1993	301	22.6	13.3	n/a
1994	289	20.0	14.4	n/a
1995	241	17.3	13.9	n/a
1996	241	17.3	13.9	n/a
1997	231	22.3	10.4	n/a
1998	210	22.3	9.4	n/a
1999	209	23.3	9.0	n/a
2000	197	22.3	8.8	n/a
2001	219	20.0	11.0	n/a
2002	200	15.8	12.7	91.5
2003	200	15.8	12.7	91.5
2004	318	21.9	14.5	87.4
2005	306	22.0	13.9	93.7
2006	304	24.0	12.7	100
2007	263	19.0	13.8	100.8
2008	239	18.0	13.3	100
2009	243	23.0	10.6	94.1
2010	226	20.0	11.3	87.9
2011	177	21.1	8.3	98.3
2012	170	17.0	10.0	98.2
2013	167	17.5	9.5	98.2
2014	214	14.0	15.2	97.2
2015	196	17.0	11.5	98.5
2016	191	18.0	10.6	100
2017	168	17.0	9.8	98.2
2018	170	13.4	12.6	100
2019	127	11.1	11.4	99.2
2020	136	11.1	12.2	100
2021	130	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	113	10.0	11.3	100
2023	120	11.1	10.8	99.2
2024	120	14.0	8.5	97.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cairo Junior/Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	325	26.0	12.5	n/a
1989	298	25.0	11.9	n/a
1990	298	23.0	12.9	n/a
1991	291	22.9	12.7	n/a
1992	310	23.0	13.4	n/a
1993	301	22.6	13.3	n/a
1994	289	20.0	14.4	n/a
1995	241	17.3	13.9	n/a
1996	241	17.3	13.9	n/a
1997	231	22.3	10.4	n/a
1998	210	22.3	9.4	n/a
1999	209	23.3	9.0	n/a
2000	197	22.3	8.8	n/a
2001	219	20.0	11.0	n/a
2002	200	15.8	12.7	91.5
2003	200	15.8	12.7	91.5
2004	318	21.9	14.5	87.4
2005	306	22.0	13.9	93.7
2006	304	24.0	12.7	100
2007	263	19.0	13.8	100.8
2008	239	18.0	13.3	100
2009	243	23.0	10.6	94.1
2010	226	20.0	11.3	87.9
2011	177	21.1	8.3	98.3
2012	170	17.0	10.0	98.2
2013	167	17.5	9.5	98.2
2014	214	14.0	15.2	97.2
2015	196	17.0	11.5	98.5
2016	191	18.0	10.6	100
2017	168	17.0	9.8	98.2
2018	170	13.4	12.6	100
2019	127	11.1	11.4	99.2
2020	136	11.1	12.2	100
2021	130	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	113	10.0	11.3	100
2023	120	11.1	10.8	99.2
2024	120	14.0	8.5	97.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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