High Schools in Hillsboro CUSD 3

Summary:

Hillsboro CUSD 3 is a school district in Illinois that contains only one high school, Hillsboro High School. The school's performance has been somewhat inconsistent, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 337 out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 and 454 out of 699 in 2022-2023. Its SchoolDigger rating has also varied, ranging from 3 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024 to 2 stars in 2022-2023 and 2024-2025.

Academically, Hillsboro High School's proficiency rates in core subjects like ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Mathematics, and ACT/Science are all below the state averages. The school's performance on PreACT Secure assessments for 9th and 10th grades and SAT/Mathematics and SAT/English Language Arts are also generally lower than the state averages. However, the school's proficiency rate in the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) for all grades in 2023-2024 was slightly above the state average.

Demographic and financial factors may be influencing the school's performance. Hillsboro High School has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (39.68% in 2023-2024), indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $13,658, which is slightly above the state average, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.2, which is lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025 is significantly higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to its academic challenges.

District Detail

1311 Vandalia Rd
Hillsboro, IL 62049-2034

(217) 532-2942

SchoolDigger Rank:
346^th of 811 Illinois districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,518

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hillsboro High School	Public	9-12	522 E Tremont St	Hillsboro	62049	Montgomery County	Hillsboro CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 532-2841	419	38	11.1	35.3%	392 (93.6%)	5 (1.2%)	13 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	49	360^th of 698 public high schools	48.4%		46.9	337^th of 697 public high schools	51.6%	23	59.8	44.2	24.7	16.8	43.3	48.4	47.4	29.5	51.6	99.6	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.6	99.4	99.6	98.5	$13,638	$590	$13,048

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Litchfield CUSD 12	8.1 mi	5	390^th
Bnd/Chrstn/Effngh/Fytt/Mntgmr ROE	8.96 mi	8
Panhandle CUSD 2	12.72 mi	4	498^th
Mount Olive CUSD 5	13.87 mi	2	395^th
Nokomis CUSD 22	15.25 mi	2	340^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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