United Jr./Sr. High School
Monmouth · IL · United CUSD 304 · Public · K-12 combined
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Monmouth-Roseville High Sch → Abingdon-Avon High Sch → Knoxville Sr High School → West Central High School → Mercer County High School → Galesburg Area Voc Ctr → Knox Co Mary Davis Detention Home → RAES West →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How United Jr./Sr. High School compares for families
What families should know about United Jr./Sr. High School.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Monmouth-Roseville High Sch, Abingdon-Avon High Sch, Knoxville Sr High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,355/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +16.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 445 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $19,225 per student in district revenue, the 509 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $9,785,525/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth-Roseville High Sch Monmouth |
Public | 3.1 | 483 | -7.6% |
| Abingdon-Avon High Sch Abingdon |
Public | 12.2 | 278 | -1.1% |
| Knoxville Sr High School Knoxville |
Public | 16.5 | 272 | -17.8% |
| West Central High School Biggsville |
Public | 16.6 | 212 | +2.4% |
| Mercer County High School Aledo |
Public | 21.2 | 411 | +4.6% |
| Galesburg Area Voc Ctr Galesburg |
Public | 11.4 | — | — |
| Knox Co Mary Davis Detention Home Galesburg |
Public | 12.8 | — | — |
| RAES West Galesburg |
Public | 12.9 | — | — |