Summary:
Fulton has one high school, Fulton High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 284 students in 2024–25, so families have one local high school rather than several to compare. Its clearest academic pattern is stronger performance than Illinois in ELA and science, alongside a notable mathematics weakness in grades 10 and 11.
Fulton High School’s 2025–26 subject averages were above the state in ELA and science: 63% versus 55% in ELA, an 8-point advantage, and 54% versus 48% in science, a 6-point advantage. Mathematics was the reverse, averaging 36% compared with 39% statewide, a 4-point shortfall. The highest result was grade 9 ELA at 71%, while the lowest was grade 10 math at 26%; grade 10 math was 10 points below the state, and grade 11 math was 5 points below. These are different grades and subjects, but they show where Fulton’s results are strongest and where the gap is greatest.
Results improved relative to Illinois: across the nine matched grade-and-subject comparisons, Fulton’s average state gap shifted from 4 points below the state in 2024–25 to 3 points above it in 2025–26, an 8-point improvement, with eight of nine comparisons moving in a positive direction. Grade 10 science was the exception: its advantage narrowed from 4.2 to 3.7 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also rose from 348th of 697 schools (50th percentile) in 2023–24 to 196th of 620 (68th percentile) in 2025–26. The graduation rate was 99%, compared with 90% statewide; chronic absenteeism was 21%, better than the state’s 24% but 2 points higher than the River Bend CUSD 2 rate. In 2024–25, the student–teacher ratio was 12.2, and 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.
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