Is Herrin High School a good school?

Herrin High School ranks 161 st of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Herrin High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 686 students attended Herrin High School.

What is the racial makeup of Herrin High School?

Students at Herrin High School are 85% White, 5% Two or more races, 5% African American, 4% Hispanic.

What schools feed into Herrin High School?

Herrin High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School Elementary : North Side Primary Center Middle : Herrin Middle School

Herrin High School

Summary:

Herrin High School is a public high school located in Herrin, Illinois, serving 686 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Herrin CUSD 4 district, which is ranked 241 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Herrin High School has shown consistent academic performance, ranking 161 out of 697 Illinois high schools in the 2023-2024 school year, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has maintained a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 86.4% in 2020-2021 to 92.4% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. Herrin High School has also performed well in several student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of Illinois high schools for female students, male students, and low socioeconomic status students in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's test scores in SAT Mathematics and English Language Arts for 11th-grade students have been consistently higher than the state average.

However, Herrin High School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 14.7% in 2019-2020 to 36.6% in 2020-2021, which is an area of concern. Additionally, the school's performance for special education students is an area of weakness, ranking in the bottom 25% of Illinois high schools in this subgroup for the past three school years. Compared to nearby schools, Carterville High School, which is only 5.85 miles away, has consistently higher academic performance and a lower chronic absenteeism rate.

Detail:

Public 9-12

700 N 10th St
Herrin, IL 62948-3338

(618) 942-6606

District: Herrin CUSD 4

SchoolDigger Rank:
161^st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,289

Feeder schools for Herrin High School:

Elementary:	Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School
	North Side Primary Center
Middle:	Herrin Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.1

Number of students: 686

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.4%

Two or more races:

5.0%

African American:

4.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Herrin High School ranks better than 76.9% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 70.97. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Herrin 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.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Herrin High School is $13,289.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Herrin High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Herrin High School 161^st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Herrin High School in the ranking list.)

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Herrin CUSD 4:

SchoolDigger ranks Herrin CUSD 4 241^st of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Herrin High School

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Rank History for all students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	73.24	143^rd	586	75.6%
2004	44.70	390^th	592	34.1%
2005	66.51	194^th	590	67.1%
2006	67.75	187^th	596	68.6%
2007	51.00	350^th	612	42.8%
2008	57.55	303^rd	624	51.4%
2009	44.51	402^nd	632	36.4%
2010	71.59	170^th	643	73.6%
2011	43.36	417^th	655	36.3%
2012	42.56	443^rd	665	33.4%
2013	47.51	396^th	670	40.9%
2014	46.83	397^th	670	40.7%
2015	31.04	425^th	614	30.8%
2016	60.49	175^th	643	72.8%
2017	44.46	357^th	642	44.4%
2018	70.04	174^th	647	73.1%
2019	50.95	324^th	701	53.8%
2021	59.33	228^th	688	66.9%
2022	50.78	341^st	699	51.2%
2023	49.42	338^th	699	51.6%
2024	70.97	161^st	697	76.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	43.65	154^th	374	58.8%
2019	40.96	206^th	473	56.4%
2021	85.06	29^th	453	93.6%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	21.07	375^th	476	21.2%
2024	25.12	351^st	482	27.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.97	125^th	585	78.6%
2019	51.65	277^th	639	56.7%
2021	73.93	100^th	611	83.6%
2022	45.08	326^th	626	47.9%
2023	53.63	256^th	644	60.2%
2024	75.71	104^th	639	83.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	98.32	4^th	125	96.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.18	176^th	620	71.6%
2019	51.73	314^th	665	52.8%
2021	56.19	243^rd	639	62.0%
2022	47.37	343^rd	658	47.9%
2023	49.20	323^rd	656	50.8%
2024	65.86	185^th	664	72.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	26.32	345^th	428	19.4%
2024	36.68	205^th	429	52.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.45	165^th	619	73.3%
2019	49.60	320^th	675	52.6%
2021	58.43	238^th	653	63.6%
2022	51.21	308^th	664	53.6%
2023	47.22	335^th	668	49.9%
2024	71.19	153^rd	668	77.1%

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Rank History for White students at Herrin High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.58	197^th	548	64.1%
2019	36.36	335^th	552	39.3%
2021	47.20	245^th	553	55.7%
2022	38.70	337^th	560	39.8%
2023	27.83	420^th	557	24.6%
2024	59.36	186^th	554	66.4%

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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 Herrin High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	775	26	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	809
1989	751	26	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	785
1990	711	22	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	742
1991	679	25	8	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	716
1992	650	28	7	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	690
1993	623	22	5	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	655
1994	638	23	7	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	671
1995	678	30	5	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	716
1996	678	30	5	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	716
1997	706	31	7	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	749
1998	702	27	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	736
1999	695	19	4	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	725
2000	678	19	4	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	709
2001	631	20	7	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	667
2002	622	37	5	11	6	n/a	n/a	0	681
2003	622	37	5	11	6	n/a	n/a	0	681
2004	616	31	5	13	5	n/a	n/a	0	670
2005	659	28	5	12	4	n/a	n/a	3	711
2006	662	31	5	11	4	n/a	n/a	5	718
2007	663	36	7	12	3	n/a	n/a	13	734
2008	648	33	2	9	3	n/a	n/a	18	713
2009	651	47	3	11	2	n/a	n/a	18	732
2010	634	38	3	15	1	n/a	n/a	21	712
2011	627	30	3	9	3	0	22	0	694
2012	678	32	7	10	3	0	26	0	756
2013	641	29	7	10	5	0	30	0	722
2014	643	4	8	10	6	0	57	0	728
2015	641	34	5	11	3	0	41	0	735
2016	670	29	7	13	4	0	38	0	761
2017	666	28	7	16	5	0	34	0	756
2018	655	29	6	11	5	0	27	0	733
2019	685	28	10	15	4	0	24	0	766
2020	604	33	9	22	4	0	26	0	698
2021	593	28	5	27	2	0	32	0	687
2022	582	31	5	23	2	0	30	0	673
2023	586	32	6	26	2	0	34	0	686

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 Herrin High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	809	42.2	19.1	n/a
1989	785	43.7	17.9	n/a
1990	742	43.6	17.0	n/a
1991	716	43.6	16.4	n/a
1992	690	42.0	16.4	n/a
1993	655	42.3	15.5	n/a
1994	671	39.0	17.2	n/a
1995	716	40.0	17.9	n/a
1996	716	40.0	17.9	n/a
1997	749	39.0	19.2	n/a
1998	736	39.0	18.9	n/a
1999	725	39.0	18.6	n/a
2000	709	38.5	18.4	n/a
2001	667	38.0	17.6	n/a
2002	681	40.2	16.9	33.5
2003	681	40.2	16.9	33.5
2004	670	38.2	17.5	40.1
2005	711	41.3	17.2	34.2
2006	718	41.8	17.2	35.9
2007	734	47.0	15.6	43.8
2008	713	41.0	17.4	44.2
2009	732	39.0	18.8	48.6
2010	712	41.0	17.3	51.1
2011	694	41.0	16.9	49.4
2012	756	41.0	18.4	52.1
2013	722	45.7	15.7	52.8
2014	728	39.5	18.4	54.1
2015	735	46.0	15.9	55.6
2016	761	47.0	16.1	51.9
2017	756	47.5	15.9	48
2018	733	49.0	14.9	36.6
2019	766	48.1	15.8	52.3
2020	698	51.0	13.6	51
2021	687	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	673	47.3	14.2	44.3
2023	686	48.3	14.1	52.2

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 Herrin High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	809	42.2	19.1	n/a
1989	785	43.7	17.9	n/a
1990	742	43.6	17.0	n/a
1991	716	43.6	16.4	n/a
1992	690	42.0	16.4	n/a
1993	655	42.3	15.5	n/a
1994	671	39.0	17.2	n/a
1995	716	40.0	17.9	n/a
1996	716	40.0	17.9	n/a
1997	749	39.0	19.2	n/a
1998	736	39.0	18.9	n/a
1999	725	39.0	18.6	n/a
2000	709	38.5	18.4	n/a
2001	667	38.0	17.6	n/a
2002	681	40.2	16.9	33.5
2003	681	40.2	16.9	33.5
2004	670	38.2	17.5	40.1
2005	711	41.3	17.2	34.2
2006	718	41.8	17.2	35.9
2007	734	47.0	15.6	43.8
2008	713	41.0	17.4	44.2
2009	732	39.0	18.8	48.6
2010	712	41.0	17.3	51.1
2011	694	41.0	16.9	49.4
2012	756	41.0	18.4	52.1
2013	722	45.7	15.7	52.8
2014	728	39.5	18.4	54.1
2015	735	46.0	15.9	55.6
2016	761	47.0	16.1	51.9
2017	756	47.5	15.9	48
2018	733	49.0	14.9	36.6
2019	766	48.1	15.8	52.3
2020	698	51.0	13.6	51
2021	687	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	673	47.3	14.2	44.3
2023	686	48.3	14.1	52.2

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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