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Effingham High School, Effingham, IL

CEP schoolEffingham High School is a public high school in Effingham, part of Effingham CUSD 40. It enrolled 712 students in 2024-25, with 14.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
712
Teachers (FTE)
50.0
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.2 higher than the district figure of 13.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.2
District13.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1301 W Grove Ave, Effingham, IL 62401
Phone
(217)540-1100
District
Effingham CUSD 40
County
Effingham County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
171356001648
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
26036.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in Effingham

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.