Is Urbana High School a good school?

Urbana High School ranks 361 st of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Urbana High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,220 students attended Urbana High School.

What is the racial makeup of Urbana High School?

Students at Urbana High School are 37% African American, 32% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% American Indian, 1% Not Specified.

What schools feed into Urbana High School?

Urbana High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Dr Preston L Williams Junior Elementary School Elementary : Leal Elementary School Elementary : M L King Junior Elementary School Elementary : Thomas Paine Elementary School Elementary : Wiley Elementary School Elementary : Yankee Ridge Elementary School Middle : Urbana Middle School

Urbana High School

Summary:

Urbana High School is a public high school located in Urbana, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,220 students. The school is part of the Urbana School District 116, which is ranked 767 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Urbana High School faces several academic challenges. Its students' standardized test scores are generally below the state average, with only 16.3% of 11th-graders proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to the state average of 26.1%, and only 22.6% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 31.1%. The school's four-year graduation rate has been declining, from 87.0% in 2019-2020 to 83.3% in 2023-2024, and its dropout rate has fluctuated, ranging from 2.9% in 2020-2021 to 10.8% in 2021-2022. Additionally, Urbana High School has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 53.5% in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 29.2% in 2020-2021.

Urbana High School's performance is generally lower than that of nearby schools, such as St. Joseph-Ogden High School and Unity High School, which have higher academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Despite the school's higher spending per student, which has increased from $14,284 in 2019-2020 to $16,579 in 2022-2023, these investments have not translated into improved academic outcomes. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 62.87% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, likely contributes to its lower performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, the significant performance gaps between different student subgroups suggest that the school may need to implement targeted interventions and support programs to address the unique needs of underperforming groups, such as Asian, Multi-racial, and Hispanic students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1002 S Race St
Urbana, IL 61801-4957

(217) 384-3505

District: Urbana School District 116

SchoolDigger Rank:
361^st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,909

Feeder schools for Urbana High School:

Elementary:	Dr Preston L Williams Junior Elementary School
	Leal Elementary School
	M L King Junior Elementary School
	Thomas Paine Elementary School
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	Wiley Elementary School
	Yankee Ridge Elementary School
Middle:	Urbana Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 1,220

Racial breakdown:

African American:

36.7%

White:

31.6%

Hispanic:

14.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 62.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Urbana High School ranks worse than 51.8% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.42. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Urbana 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 Urbana High School is $18,909.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Urbana High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Urbana High School 361^st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Urbana High School in the ranking list.)

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Urbana School District 116:

SchoolDigger ranks Urbana School District 116 767^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Urbana High School

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Rank History for all students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	45.08	372^nd	586	36.5%
2004	72.70	146^th	592	75.3%
2005	69.67	175^th	590	70.3%
2006	61.30	245^th	596	58.9%
2007	48.63	363^rd	612	40.7%
2008	60.19	278^th	624	55.4%
2009	49.97	360^th	632	43.0%
2010	44.80	428^th	643	33.4%
2011	38.27	455^th	655	30.5%
2012	43.35	433^rd	665	34.9%
2013	38.71	448^th	670	33.1%
2014	41.12	439^th	670	34.5%
2015	38.14	361^st	614	41.2%
2016	37.54	414^th	643	35.6%
2017	44.00	361^st	642	43.8%
2018	42.77	386^th	647	40.3%
2019	44.46	387^th	701	44.8%
2021	59.72	226^th	688	67.2%
2022	49.94	350^th	699	49.9%
2023	47.02	365^th	699	47.8%
2024	44.42	361^st	697	48.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.44	106^th	154	31.2%
2019	30.10	111^th	165	32.7%
2021	46.57	78^th	160	51.3%
2022	44.59	90^th	170	47.1%
2023	18.88	134^th	163	17.8%
2024	14.60	158^th	182	13.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	61.61	26^th	151	82.8%
2019	77.96	11^th	183	94.0%
2021	82.38	12^th	189	93.7%
2022	23.51	190^th	205	7.3%
2023	56.76	53^rd	217	75.6%
2024	56.82	61^st	248	75.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	41.48	196^th	473	58.6%
2021	43.53	183^rd	453	59.6%
2022	51.99	132^nd	493	73.2%
2023	62.11	122^nd	476	74.4%
2024	66.24	111^th	482	77.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.27	432^nd	585	26.2%
2019	32.59	440^th	639	31.1%
2021	29.95	443^rd	611	27.5%
2022	34.19	426^th	626	31.9%
2023	29.16	481^st	644	25.3%
2024	29.47	445^th	639	30.4%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	24.69	57^th	91	37.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.89	393^rd	620	36.6%
2019	36.69	422^nd	665	36.5%
2021	43.62	339^th	639	46.9%
2022	36.34	424^th	658	35.6%
2023	44.59	365^th	656	44.4%
2024	42.08	356^th	664	46.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	46.32	181^st	428	57.7%
2024	59.44	102^nd	429	76.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.64	349^th	619	43.6%
2019	51.02	310^th	675	54.1%
2021	70.61	152^nd	653	76.7%
2022	59.95	231^st	664	65.2%
2023	43.39	368^th	668	44.9%
2024	44.42	334^th	668	50.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.34	90^th	132	31.8%
2019	32.69	95^th	130	26.9%
2021	9.09	120^th	135	11.1%
2022	22.96	115^th	141	18.4%
2023	41.36	88^th	134	34.3%
2024	20.83	113^th	137	17.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.15	144^th	253	43.1%
2019	30.83	194^th	299	35.1%
2021	29.27	196^th	281	30.2%
2022	49.28	110^th	294	62.6%
2023	32.45	187^th	301	37.9%
2024	43.30	125^th	299	58.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.50	257^th	291	11.7%
2019	36.27	187^th	317	41.0%
2021	17.09	289^th	317	8.8%
2022	20.25	278^th	335	17.0%
2023	21.14	280^th	333	15.9%
2024	39.18	181^st	336	46.1%

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Rank History for White students at Urbana High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.22	127^th	548	76.8%
2019	69.03	140^th	552	74.6%
2021	91.32	56^th	553	89.9%
2022	66.31	152^nd	560	72.9%
2023	60.10	195^th	557	65.0%
2024	71.66	128^th	554	76.9%

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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 Urbana High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	727	190	42	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	975
1989	643	219	39	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	912
1990	863	264	56	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1209
1991	855	291	69	23	2	n/a	n/a	0	1240
1992	794	298	70	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	1180
1993	808	310	71	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	1207
1994	807	306	79	25	3	n/a	n/a	0	1220
1995	843	304	75	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	1252
1996	843	304	75	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	1252
1997	815	289	86	25	2	n/a	n/a	0	1217
1998	814	274	87	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	1191
1999	812	279	71	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1185
2000	886	312	88	20	2	n/a	n/a	0	1308
2001	881	328	78	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1310
2002	858	368	91	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1340
2003	858	368	91	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1340
2004	808	403	74	32	3	n/a	n/a	0	1320
2005	784	385	82	34	5	n/a	n/a	34	1324
2006	731	368	71	40	5	n/a	n/a	41	1256
2007	658	392	66	46	5	n/a	n/a	44	1211
2008	572	345	64	47	7	n/a	n/a	60	1095
2009	533	393	66	56	3	n/a	n/a	69	1120
2010	478	363	54	82	0	n/a	n/a	70	1047
2011	484	393	48	98	0	4	52	0	1079
2012	429	405	47	106	3	5	54	0	1049
2013	448	386	45	114	4	2	68	0	1067
2014	451	373	42	86	6	2	80	0	1040
2015	442	377	38	92	7	1	72	0	1029
2016	449	378	43	107	7	12	72	0	1068
2017	421	411	46	131	7	10	78	0	1104
2018	431	448	50	152	9	10	85	0	1185
2019	418	445	62	170	17	12	86	0	1210
2020	411	394	55	164	19	16	87	0	1146
2021	410	435	46	158	20	7	99	0	1175
2022	403	415	47	174	26	4	107	0	1176
2023	386	448	47	177	29	2	118	13	1220

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 Urbana High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	975	65.4	14.9	n/a
1989	912	67.3	13.5	n/a
1990	1209	81.6	14.8	n/a
1991	1240	75.2	16.4	n/a
1992	1180	76.6	15.4	n/a
1993	1207	76.9	15.7	n/a
1994	1220	78.8	15.5	n/a
1995	1252	78.4	16.0	n/a
1996	1252	78.4	16.0	n/a
1997	1217	80.5	15.1	n/a
1998	1191	80.2	14.9	n/a
1999	1185	84.7	14.0	n/a
2000	1308	88.0	14.9	n/a
2001	1310	88.8	14.8	n/a
2002	1340	91.8	14.6	28.5
2003	1340	91.8	14.6	28.5
2004	1320	85.6	15.4	32.8
2005	1324	82.8	16.0	35.9
2006	1256	88.2	14.2	42.6
2007	1211	75.0	16.1	50.6
2008	1095	73.0	15.0	55.6
2009	1120	88.4	12.7	59.8
2010	1047	92.0	11.3	69.6
2011	1079	83.0	13.0	64
2012	1049	85.8	12.2	60.5
2013	1067	99.7	10.6	63
2014	1040	88.3	11.7	62.6
2015	1029	85.0	12.1	63.1
2016	1068	88.0	12.1	62.3
2017	1104	88.4	12.4	62
2018	1185	88.8	13.3	63
2019	1210	93.0	13.0	64.5
2020	1146	88.8	12.9	63
2021	1175	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1176	84.9	13.8	57.6
2023	1220	90.5	13.4	62.9

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 Urbana High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	975	65.4	14.9	n/a
1989	912	67.3	13.5	n/a
1990	1209	81.6	14.8	n/a
1991	1240	75.2	16.4	n/a
1992	1180	76.6	15.4	n/a
1993	1207	76.9	15.7	n/a
1994	1220	78.8	15.5	n/a
1995	1252	78.4	16.0	n/a
1996	1252	78.4	16.0	n/a
1997	1217	80.5	15.1	n/a
1998	1191	80.2	14.9	n/a
1999	1185	84.7	14.0	n/a
2000	1308	88.0	14.9	n/a
2001	1310	88.8	14.8	n/a
2002	1340	91.8	14.6	28.5
2003	1340	91.8	14.6	28.5
2004	1320	85.6	15.4	32.8
2005	1324	82.8	16.0	35.9
2006	1256	88.2	14.2	42.6
2007	1211	75.0	16.1	50.6
2008	1095	73.0	15.0	55.6
2009	1120	88.4	12.7	59.8
2010	1047	92.0	11.3	69.6
2011	1079	83.0	13.0	64
2012	1049	85.8	12.2	60.5
2013	1067	99.7	10.6	63
2014	1040	88.3	11.7	62.6
2015	1029	85.0	12.1	63.1
2016	1068	88.0	12.1	62.3
2017	1104	88.4	12.4	62
2018	1185	88.8	13.3	63
2019	1210	93.0	13.0	64.5
2020	1146	88.8	12.9	63
2021	1175	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1176	84.9	13.8	57.6
2023	1220	90.5	13.4	62.9

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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