📍 633 County Highway 22, Cowden, Shelby County, 62422
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cowden, Shelby County. The school has 165 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brett Boehm. It is part of the Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School enrolls 165 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 1.8% Asian and 1.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 160 | 97% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
113 of the school's 165 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 51, state house district 102.
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School is one of 2 schools in Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A, based in Cowden, Illinois. The district serves 343 students district-wide and employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 165 students, Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School is close to the district average of about 172 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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