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Eisenhower High School

๐Ÿ“ 1200 S 16th St, Decatur, Macon County, 62521

934
Pupils
17.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Eisenhower High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Decatur, Macon County. The school has 934 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mistie Rodriguez. It is part of the Decatur SD 61 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. The school offers 12 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Mistie Rodriguez
School district
Decatur SD 61
Gender
Coeducational

Enrollment & staffing

Eisenhower High School enrolls 934 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 55 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.

Male students
452 (48%)
Female students
482 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
55
Student-teacher ratio
17.0:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 34% White and 11% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American47351%
White31534%
Two or more races10211%
Hispanic or Latino384.1%
Asian5<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

684 of the school's 934 students (73%) 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.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades 9โ€“12Title I

Eisenhower High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 48, state house district 96.

School district: Decatur SD 61

Eisenhower High School is one of 17 schools in Decatur SD 61, based in Decatur, Illinois. The district serves 7,840 students district-wide and employs 434 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 934 students, Eisenhower High School is larger than the district average of about 461 students per school.

7,840
District students
17
Schools
434
Teachers (FTE)

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International affiliations

IB World School
IB DP (Ages 16โ€“19)
IBO code
003043
IB since
04 April 2007
IB region
Americas
Country
United States

Academic Performance

8%
Reading proficient
20%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐ŸŽ“ AP courses (12) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment โญ Gifted program

Setting: City - Small

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