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Mount Carmel High School

Mount Carmel, IL · Wabash CUSD 348

Regular public school · Grades 9 - 12 · Town, distant

246th of 601 Illinois high schools statewide · better than 59% Declining

201 N Pear St, Mount Carmel, IL 62863

(618)262-5104NCES ID 174047004073Directory 202324

448
Students
2023–24 enrollment
14.9:1
Student / teacher ratio
48%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
9.3%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Mount Carmel High School 246th of 601 Illinois high schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 59% of high schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 68th in 2019 to 59th in 2025 — declining.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%59%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25

English Language Arts
Mount Carmel High School
49%
IL average
52%
Math
Mount Carmel High School
44%
IL average
38%
Science
Mount Carmel High School
56%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Mount Carmel High School IL average
25%50%75%49%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Mount Carmel High School IL average
25%50%75%44%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Mount Carmel High School IL average
25%50%75%56%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%49%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math by race, over time
25%50%75%44%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science by race, over time
25%50%75%56%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.

Racial and ethnic breakdown of 448 students (202324, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White93%
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categories changedWhite 93%99%19882023
GroupTrend20102023Change
White96.8%93.3% 3.5 pts
Two or more races1.5%2.9% 1.4 pts
Asian0.3%1.6% 1.3 pts
Hispanic0.8%1.3% 0.5 pts
Black0.3%0.9% 0.6 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.

Typical home value $131K in zip 62863 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2016

$37K$75K$112K$150K$130K201620202025

Data Provided by Zillow Group

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What school district is Mount Carmel High School in?

Mount Carmel High School is part of the Wabash CUSD 348 district in Mount Carmel, Illinois.

Is Mount Carmel High School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Mount Carmel High School 246th of 601 Illinois high schools (better than 59% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Mount Carmel High School?

White 93%, Two or more races 3%, Asian 2%, Hispanic 1% (448 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near Mount Carmel High School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 62863 is $131K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).

Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.