High school (grades 9-12) · Bethany, IL

Okaw Valley High School

Federal NCES profile for Okaw Valley High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 170022304221
0/100100/10037/100
👥 S:T ratio
57
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
68
📋 Attendance
18
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Okaw Valley High School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.

37
Resource Index · Typical
10.8:1
small classes for Illinois
162
students enrolled

Okaw Valley High School has class sizes smaller than 84% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

162

Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

15.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

10.8:1

vs 14:1 Illinois avg

-23% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Okaw Valley High School compares with Illinois and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:110.8:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Okaw Valley High School

Okaw Valley High School is a small high school in Bethany, Illinois, enrolling 162 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10.8:1 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 162 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 3,845 scored Illinois schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (94% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 12/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 162 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 32.7% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Okaw Valley Cusd 302 also operates Okaw Valley Elementary School (170 students) and Okaw Valley Middle School (124 students) alongside Okaw Valley High School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Okaw Valley High School compares

Okaw Valley High School on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 10.8:1 ▼ 23% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 162 top 88% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

10.8:1
Leaner classes than 84% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
162
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
10.8:1
students per teacher - 23% below state mean
Top 16% in Illinois - lower ratio than 84% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
32.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$14,871
per pupil, district-wide - below Illinois avg of $17,042
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 162 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 93.8%
African American 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino 2.5%
Asian 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.6%

Largest group: White at 93.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 11.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 11.9, Okaw Valley High School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Okaw Valley Cusd 302, which includes Okaw Valley High School.

$14,871
Per student
-13%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
-10%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 55.7%
State 32.2%
Federal 12.1%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Okaw Valley High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Okaw Valley Elementary School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Okaw Valley Middle School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Okaw Valley High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Okaw Valley Cusd 302 · 2 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Illinois, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Okaw Valley High School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Okaw Valley High School

How many students attend Okaw Valley High School?

Okaw Valley High School has 162 students enrolled. It is a high school in Bethany, IL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Okaw Valley High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Okaw Valley High School is 10.8:1, which is 23% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 31% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Okaw Valley High School?

The largest demographic group at Okaw Valley High School is White at 93.8% of enrollment, in Bethany, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Okaw Valley High School?

Okaw Valley High School has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Okaw Valley High School a good school?

Okaw Valley High School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Okaw Valley Cusd 302?

Besides Okaw Valley High School, Okaw Valley Cusd 302 also operates Okaw Valley Elementary School (170 students) and Okaw Valley Middle School (124 students). See the Okaw Valley Cusd 302 district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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