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Schools in Alpha

Alpha’s public schools

Alwood Community Unit School District 225 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alpha. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 93% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.2K
▼ 7% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
356 students on the public path
In brief

Alpha’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Alpha’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. AlWood Elem School places highest (better than 48%); AlWood Middle/High School lowest (48%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Alpha, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5AlWood Elem SchoolAlwood Community Unit School District 225B−
6–12AlWood Middle/High Schoolin WoodhullB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Alwood Community Unit School District 225.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Alwood Community Unit School District 225Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 356 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 9.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,152IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 180 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 170 students tested

Alpha vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Alpha’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Alpha—Alwood Community Unit School District 225

Every school in Alpha

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Alphain other towns
AlWood Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B−
172 students9:1Rate it →
AlWood Middle/High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Woodhull
B−
184 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Alpha’s schools

Are Alpha’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Alpha. Alwood Community Unit School District 225 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alpha. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Alpha in?

Alwood Community Unit School District 225.

Where do Alpha kids go to high school?

AlWood Middle/High School.

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What Alpha families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.