Summary:
Trico CUSD 176 has one high school, Trico Senior High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 220 students. Its latest test results show a notable grade 9 science strength, but the broader picture is that seven of eight comparable results were below Illinois rates, averaging 7 percentage points below the state.
The strongest current comparison is grade 9 PreACT Secure science: 60% proficient at the school versus 47% statewide, or 13 points higher. The largest shortfall is grade 10 PreACT Secure mathematics, at 21% versus 36%, 16 points below Illinois. Grade 9 mathematics was also below the state rate, at 32% versus 42%. Other science results vary by grade: grade 10 PreACT Secure science was 11 points below the state, and grade 11 ACT science was 12 points below. Since the area has just one listed high school, there is no school-to-school top or bottom.
Results improved overall across the eight matched test comparisons: the school’s average rose from 35% in 2024–2025 to 42% in 2025–2026, while the state average edged down from 49% to 48%; the average gap narrowed by 7 points. Grade 9 science improved the most, rising 17 points, and grade 9 English language arts rose 12 points to within 1 point of the state. Grade 10 math was the exception, slipping less than 1 point as the state improved. SchoolDigger ranked the school 227th of 697, in the 67th percentile with 3 stars, in 2023–2024; its latest ranking was 373rd of 620, in the 40th percentile with 2 stars, in 2025–2026. Other context: the 2025–2026 graduation rate was 83%, compared with 90% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 23%, slightly below the state’s 24%. In 2024–2025, the student–teacher ratio was 10.4, and 56% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.
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