Stark County CUSD #100, a consolidation in 1992-1993 of the unit districts of Toulon and Wyoming, is located in central Illinois approximately 40 miles north and west of Peoria. The name, Stark County, is somewhat misleading since not all children in Stark County are within District #100 boundaries and some children in Knox, Henry and Marshall Counties are.

Ten small towns ranging in sizes from 25 to 1400 comprise the 242 square mile district. These communities are joined by a common school, county governmental organizations, and many civic, fraternal, and social groups. Volunteerism and community involvement abound throughout the county.

The district serves Pre-Kindergarten through 12^th grade students in three buildings on two sites in Wyoming and Toulon. In 2009-2010, the high school served 325 students in grades 9 through 12. The high school population is fairly stable and has been hovering around 300 for several years. Bradford CUSD #1, a neighboring district, recently deactivated its high school and sends several freshman students each year to SCHS.

There is only one high school in District #100. It is small enough to recognize the individual needs of all its students. But, it is also large enough to provide a variety of services to meet their diverse needs. The following agencies and organizations are among those that provide services to the students of the high school:

• Henry/Stark Special Education Cooperative

• Henry County Youth Services Bureau
• Bureau, Henry, Stark Regional Office of Education
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
• Black Hawk Community College-East Campus
• The Stark County News
• The Prairie Shopper
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•  An active partnership exists between the school and the community. Parents, area business people, and other community members routinely support and generously contribute to the efforts of the school. All stakeholders realize that only working together will Stark County students be prepared for the technical and challenging workplace that waits for them outside the boundaries of Stark County.

School and Student Data: For the 2008-2009 school year, the enrollment for the District  100 was 879 students. The low income rate for the district was 32.3%  The high school drop out rate was 2.5% and the daily attendance rate was 94.6%.

For the 2008-2009 school year, the pupil -teacher ratio in the Elementary grades was 14.8 to 1. The pupil - teacher ratio in the Secondary grades was 14.5 to1.

Average class sizes during the 2008-2009 school year ranged from a low of 11.8 for seventh grade to a high of 18.7 for third grade. At every grade level, District 100 average class size was smaller than the state average.

District 100 employed 66 teachers during the 2008-2009 school year. The average number of years of

experience for the teachers was 18.5.  Almopst 40% of District 100 teachers have Masters Degrees and all District classes were taught by highly qualified teachers.

For the 2008-2009 school year the total tax rate for the School District was 5.62 per $100. The average teacher salary , the average administrator salary, and the operating expense per pupil were all at least 12% below the state average.

The average ACT score for the graduating class of 2008 was slightly above the state average in English, Math, Reading and Science.  The average ACT score for the graduating class of 2009 was slightly below the state average.  These figures vary slightly from year to year and from class to class.

According to the 2009 School Report Card: Our overall ISAT scores were higher than the state average and up over 2 points from last year and our overall PSAE scores were higher than the state average and up 6 points from last year.