Summary:
Hardin County CUSD 1 district in Illinois contains only one high school, Hardin County High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school's performance is below average compared to other high schools in the state, ranking 537 out of 698 Illinois high schools for the 2024-2025 school year and receiving a 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hardin County High School has a 89.0% four-year graduation rate, slightly below the state average, and a 2.4% dropout rate, slightly higher than the state average. The school also struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, significantly above the state average. Academically, the school's test scores are generally lower than state averages across various subjects and grade levels, with only 33.3% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in ACT/English Language Arts compared to the state average of 51.7%.
Despite higher-than-average spending per student at $23,955, and a lower-than-average student-teacher ratio of 13.7, the school's performance remains below state standards. This suggests the school may need to examine how resources are being utilized to address the challenges it faces, such as high chronic absenteeism and socioeconomic factors, in order to improve student outcomes at Hardin County CUSD 1.
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