📍 PO Box 800, DePue, Bureau County, 61322
DePue High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in DePue, Bureau County. The school has 101 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lindsay Ferrari. It is part of the DePue USD 103 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.8:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
DePue High School enrolls 101 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 85% |
| White | 11 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
84 of the school's 101 students (83%) 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.
DePue High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 38, state house district 76.
DePue High School is one of 2 schools in DePue USD 103, based in DePue, Illinois. The district serves 318 students district-wide and employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 101 students, DePue High School is smaller than the district average of about 159 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant