Summary:
Crab Orchard High School is the only high school in Crab Orchard CUSD 3, serving grades 9–12 with 154 students. Its results vary by grade and subject: ninth-grade science proficiency was above the state in 2025–26, while several other reported results were below it. Chronic absenteeism was 24%, compared with 24% statewide and 19% in the district. The clearest positive indicator is the school’s 94% graduation rate, 4 percentage points above the state’s 90%.
There is no local top or bottom school to compare, since the district has just one high school. Within the school’s latest results, ninth-grade science stands out positively: 50% were proficient, 3 points above the state’s 47%; ninth-grade ELA was close to the state, at 60% versus 62%. The largest shortfalls were grade 11 ACT ELA, at 33% versus 50% statewide, grade 10 PreACT ELA, at 41% versus 54%, and grade 10 science, at 36% versus 48%. SchoolDigger’s current listing places the school 379th of 738 statewide, in the 49th percentile, with 2 stars.
Recent matched PreACT results improved overall, but grade-level patterns differ: the school’s average across five comparable results rose from 40% in 2024–25 to 44% in 2025–26, and its average gap from the state narrowed by 5 points. Ninth-grade math rose 19 points and science rose 17, while grade 10 ELA fell 12 points and science fell 6. Grade 11 ACT ELA also dropped 23 points year over year, from 57% to 33%. For context, the 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 13.1, and 39% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures describe one school and do not allow comparisons among local high schools.
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