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C+

Argenta-Oreana High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

500 N Main St, Argenta, IL 62501 · (217) 795-4821 · Part of Argenta-Oreana Community Unit School District 1

Friends Creek Township’s School Grade C better than 30% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
268
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
56%
Setting
Rural
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Argenta-Oreana High School

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 42% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 14 pts below the state

On the path

Where Friends Creek Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Argenta-Oreana Middle Schoolin Argenta
9–12Argenta-Oreana High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts27%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

500 N Main St, Argenta

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 960
Grade 1076
Grade 1173
Grade 1259
Enrollment over time
282’20
273’21
285’22
276’23
268’24

Down 5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 81%Two or more races 9%Black 5%Hispanic 4%Asian 2%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Argenta-Oreana High School from Friends Creek Township families.

Other schools in Argenta-Oreana Community Unit School District 1

The district →
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Oreana
B−
445 students14:1
Argenta-Oreana Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Argenta
C
180 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Friends Creek Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.