Is Springfield Southeast High School a good school?

Springfield Southeast High School ranks 460 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Springfield Southeast High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,189 students attended Springfield Southeast High School.

What is the racial makeup of Springfield Southeast High School?

Students at Springfield Southeast High School are 54% African American, 30% White, 11% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic, 2% Not Specified.

What schools feed into Springfield Southeast High School?

Springfield Southeast High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Black Hawk Elementary School Elementary : Harvard Park Elementary School Elementary : Hazel Dell Elementary School Elementary : Laketown Elementary School Elementary : Sandburg Elementary School Elementary : Southern View Elementary School Middle : Jefferson Middle School

Springfield Southeast High School

Summary:

Springfield Southeast High School is a public high school serving 1,261 students in grades 9-12 in Springfield, Illinois. The school is part of the Springfield School District 186, which is ranked 675 out of 813 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of the same district as higher-performing schools like Springfield High School and Lanphier High School, Springfield Southeast High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with only 10.3% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 15.2% for the district and 26.1% for the state. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 59.5% to 69.6% over the past 5 years, significantly lower than the 83% rate at Springfield High School. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate has been as high as 67.9%, much higher than the 33.4% rate at Springfield High School.

Interestingly, Rochester High School, which is in a different district (Rochester CUSD 3A), outperforms Springfield Southeast High School across multiple metrics, including academic achievement, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. The performance of certain student subgroups, such as African American, Multi-racial, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, is particularly concerning at Springfield Southeast High School, with these groups ranking in the bottom 30-50% of Illinois high schools. Despite the school's lower academic performance, it appears to have a higher spending per student compared to the higher-performing Springfield High School, suggesting that the issue may not be solely related to funding, but rather the effective allocation and utilization of resources.

Detail:

Public 9-12

2350 E Ash St
Springfield, IL 62703-3371

(217) 525-3130

District: Springfield School District 186

SchoolDigger Rank:
460^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $24,144

Feeder schools for Springfield Southeast High School:

Elementary:	Black Hawk Elementary School
	Harvard Park Elementary School
	Hazel Dell Elementary School
	Laketown Elementary School
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	Sandburg Elementary School
	Southern View Elementary School
Middle:	Jefferson Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.3

Number of students: 1,189

Racial breakdown:

African American:

54.1%

White:

30.1%

Two or more races:

10.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Springfield Southeast High School ranks worse than 66% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2^nd among 3 ranked high schools in the Springfield School District 186. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.8. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Springfield Southeast 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 (54.1%), White (30.1%), two or more races (10.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Springfield Southeast High School is 14.3. 3 high schools in the Springfield School District 186 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Springfield Southeast High School employs 82.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Springfield Southeast High School is $24,144, which is the highest among 7 high schools in the Springfield School District 186!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Springfield Southeast High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield Southeast High School 460^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Springfield Southeast High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Disabled students:

Male students:

African American students:

White students:

Springfield School District 186:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield School District 186 675^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Springfield Southeast High School

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Rank History for all students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	25.80	476^th	586	18.8%
2004	33.40	453^rd	592	23.5%
2005	13.79	515^th	590	12.7%
2006	19.26	498^th	596	16.4%
2007	17.51	519^th	612	15.2%
2008	32.78	468^th	624	25.0%
2009	21.02	528^th	632	16.5%
2010	20.73	526^th	643	18.2%
2011	23.96	521^st	655	20.5%
2012	18.34	549^th	665	17.4%
2013	21.87	533^rd	670	20.4%
2014	27.04	515^th	670	23.1%
2015	24.73	478^th	614	22.1%
2016	18.45	541^st	643	15.9%
2017	23.77	507^th	642	21.0%
2018	24.13	509^th	647	21.3%
2019	24.76	538^th	701	23.3%
2021	41.35	378^th	688	45.1%
2022	25.35	527^th	699	24.6%
2023	16.53	587^th	699	16.0%
2024	31.80	460^th	697	34.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.82	127^th	154	17.5%
2019	15.34	147^th	165	10.9%
2021	9.22	151^st	160	5.6%
2022	33.41	110^th	170	35.3%
2023	6.34	161^st	163	1.2%
2024	17.15	149^th	182	18.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	41.45	197^th	473	58.4%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	34.73	272^nd	493	44.8%
2023	31.11	287^th	476	39.7%
2024	35.28	254^th	482	47.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.83	454^th	585	22.4%
2019	28.59	476^th	639	25.5%
2021	43.46	306^th	611	49.9%
2022	22.95	506^th	626	19.2%
2023	19.16	543^rd	644	15.7%
2024	28.31	456^th	639	28.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.93	497^th	620	19.8%
2019	20.56	527^th	665	20.8%
2021	25.19	469^th	639	26.6%
2022	20.50	520^th	658	21.0%
2023	13.42	568^th	656	13.4%
2024	36.09	410^th	664	38.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	47.61	171^st	428	60.0%
2024	46.39	156^th	429	63.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.90	482^nd	619	22.1%
2019	29.91	481^st	675	28.7%
2021	59.10	237^th	653	63.7%
2022	31.04	456^th	664	31.3%
2023	20.15	546^th	668	18.3%
2024	25.81	475^th	668	28.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.26	179^th	253	29.2%
2019	32.54	185^th	299	38.1%
2021	41.73	126^th	281	55.2%
2022	33.07	181^st	294	38.4%
2023	29.47	210^th	301	30.2%
2024	32.95	186^th	299	37.8%

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Rank History for White students at Springfield Southeast High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.85	361^st	548	34.1%
2019	26.95	416^th	552	24.6%
2021	56.52	201^st	553	63.7%
2022	25.29	444^th	560	20.7%
2023	16.92	506^th	557	9.2%
2024	47.50	246^th	554	55.6%

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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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Reviews:

by a parent
Monday, February 13, 2017

This school is a hidden gem in Springfield. The principal is an excellent leader and the teachers and staff passionate and committed. The atmosphere is calm and family like, with little peer pressure. Of note is that a large portion of students are special education as we have the specialty programs of the district, which skews the statistics. We have actually had students at Yale and Harvard in the past few years! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Springfield Southeast High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	996	426	10	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1437
1989	953	443	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1406
1990	949	403	12	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1368
1991	975	408	12	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	1398
1992	981	402	10	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	1398
1993	950	399	11	7	2	n/a	n/a	0	1369
1994	966	391	21	10	3	n/a	n/a	0	1391
1995	925	445	12	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	1390
1996	925	445	12	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	1390
1997	906	446	14	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	1375
1998	898	466	11	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	1386
1999	844	454	11	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	1325
2000	842	515	11	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	1379
2001	844	550	15	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	1420
2002	803	601	17	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	1439
2003	803	601	17	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	1439
2004	726	603	20	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	1361
2005	683	586	18	20	2	n/a	n/a	0	1309
2006	712	609	20	23	3	n/a	n/a	4	1371
2007	646	591	14	22	3	n/a	n/a	15	1291
2008	644	648	14	24	3	n/a	n/a	17	1350
2009	596	626	12	19	3	n/a	n/a	29	1285
2010	554	652	14	22	5	n/a	n/a	49	1296
2011	566	664	13	16	5	0	65	0	1329
2012	535	651	13	20	3	1	79	0	1302
2013	539	656	13	20	2	1	103	0	1334
2014	547	656	14	23	2	1	126	0	1369
2015	511	662	15	27	2	1	118	0	1336
2016	482	627	13	28	1	1	106	0	1258
2017	475	589	7	34	5	0	97	0	1207
2018	489	616	9	36	3	0	80	0	1233
2019	457	630	6	35	3	0	104	0	1235
2020	424	592	11	37	0	0	121	0	1185
2021	438	657	14	36	1	1	138	0	1285
2022	392	674	9	31	0	0	162	0	1268
2023	384	692	7	38	1	0	133	6	1261
2024	358	643	8	27	2	1	130	20	1189

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 Springfield Southeast High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1437	74.0	19.4	n/a
1989	1406	71.6	19.6	n/a
1990	1368	71.0	19.2	n/a
1991	1398	73.5	19.0	n/a
1992	1398	76.2	18.3	n/a
1993	1369	76.2	18.0	n/a
1994	1391	72.0	19.3	n/a
1995	1390	70.9	19.6	n/a
1996	1390	70.9	19.6	n/a
1997	1375	71.2	19.3	n/a
1998	1386	69.3	20.0	n/a
1999	1325	71.6	18.5	n/a
2000	1379	70.1	19.7	n/a
2001	1420	71.7	19.8	n/a
2002	1439	65.4	22.0	40.3
2003	1439	65.4	22.0	40.3
2004	1361	68.0	20.0	45.1
2005	1309	70.8	18.5	47.9
2006	1371	70.7	19.4	50
2007	1291	69.0	18.7	53.8
2008	1350	61.0	22.1	53
2009	1285	77.1	16.7	62.8
2010	1296	91.5	14.1	65.9
2011	1329	95.3	13.9	57.1
2012	1302	95.2	13.6	54.6
2013	1334	109.4	12.1	57
2014	1369	90.0	15.2	63.2
2015	1336	82.0	16.2	67.2
2016	1258	84.0	14.9	56.3
2017	1207	82.0	14.7	62.9
2018	1233	82.7	14.9	68.3
2019	1235	82.0	15.0	56.1
2020	1185	83.0	14.2	63.8
2021	1285	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1268	81.8	15.4	56.4
2023	1261	81.8	15.4	63.3
2024	1189	82.7	14.3	66.2

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 Springfield Southeast High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1437	74.0	19.4	n/a
1989	1406	71.6	19.6	n/a
1990	1368	71.0	19.2	n/a
1991	1398	73.5	19.0	n/a
1992	1398	76.2	18.3	n/a
1993	1369	76.2	18.0	n/a
1994	1391	72.0	19.3	n/a
1995	1390	70.9	19.6	n/a
1996	1390	70.9	19.6	n/a
1997	1375	71.2	19.3	n/a
1998	1386	69.3	20.0	n/a
1999	1325	71.6	18.5	n/a
2000	1379	70.1	19.7	n/a
2001	1420	71.7	19.8	n/a
2002	1439	65.4	22.0	40.3
2003	1439	65.4	22.0	40.3
2004	1361	68.0	20.0	45.1
2005	1309	70.8	18.5	47.9
2006	1371	70.7	19.4	50
2007	1291	69.0	18.7	53.8
2008	1350	61.0	22.1	53
2009	1285	77.1	16.7	62.8
2010	1296	91.5	14.1	65.9
2011	1329	95.3	13.9	57.1
2012	1302	95.2	13.6	54.6
2013	1334	109.4	12.1	57
2014	1369	90.0	15.2	63.2
2015	1336	82.0	16.2	67.2
2016	1258	84.0	14.9	56.3
2017	1207	82.0	14.7	62.9
2018	1233	82.7	14.9	68.3
2019	1235	82.0	15.0	56.1
2020	1185	83.0	14.2	63.8
2021	1285	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1268	81.8	15.4	56.4
2023	1261	81.8	15.4	63.3
2024	1189	82.7	14.3	66.2

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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