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Best High Schools in Zip Code 62501

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268

Students

Top rankedArgenta-Oreana High School344^th of 698 Illinois high schools

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Summary:

The 62501 zip code contains only one high school, Argenta-Oreana High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and performance rating over the past few years, dropping from 344 out of 698 Illinois high schools in 2024-2025 to 534 out of 699 in 2022-2023, and its performance rating has decreased from 3 stars out of 5 to 1 star out of 5 during the same period.

Academically, Argenta-Oreana High School's proficiency rates in ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Mathematics, and ACT/Science are all below the state averages, and its proficiency rates in PreACT Secure/Mathematics for 10th and 9th grade are significantly below the state averages. The school's proficiency rates in SAT/Mathematics and SAT/English Language Arts are also well below the state averages. Additionally, the school's proficiency rate in ISA/Science is lower than the district and state averages.

Argenta-Oreana High School serves a student population with a relatively high percentage (56.52%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. The school's per-student spending is slightly above the state average, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 13.4, which is slightly lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average, which may be a contributing factor to its overall academic performance.

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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 (2025)	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
Argenta-Oreana High School	Public	9-12	500 N Main St	Argenta	62501	Macon County	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 795-4821	268	21	12.9	56.0%	215 (80.2%)	13 (4.9%)	10 (3.7%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.6%)	50.1	344^th of 698 public high schools	50.7%		32.8	454^th of 697 public high schools	34.9%	110	65.0	62.5	25.0	22.2	50.0	51.4	36.8	23.5	32.4	99.3	99.3	99.3	99.3	99.3	99.3	99.3	98.6	$13,379	$272	$13,106

Cities Near Zip Code 62501

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Argenta	0.12 mi	2	471^st
Oreana	4.33 mi	1	408^th
Forsyth	7.44 mi	1	208^th
Decatur	8.02 mi	22	785^th
Cerro Gordo	8.1 mi	3	257^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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