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Schools in Bear Grove Township

Bear Grove Township’s public schools

Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bear Grove Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,465 students on the public path
In brief

Bear Grove Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Bear Grove Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Vandalia Elementary School places highest (better than 65%); Vandalia Junior High School lowest (42%). 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 Bear Grove Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Vandalia Elementary Schoolin VandaliaB+
4–8Vandalia Junior High Schoolin VandaliaC+
9–12Vandalia Community High Schoolin VandaliaC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Vandalia Community Unit School District 203.

The district

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

Vandalia Community Unit School District 203Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,465 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,121IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 699 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 689 students tested

Bear Grove Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Bear Grove Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bear Grove Township—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Shafter—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 PK–12 · Ramsey Community Unit School District 204 PK–12
Seminary—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 PK–12 · Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
Vandalia—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Mulberry GroveCMulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1
Mulberry Grove (village)—Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1

3 of the 5 neighbors share Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 with Bear Grove Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Bear Grove Township

3 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 Bear Grove Townshipin other towns
Vandalia Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Vandalia
B+
552 students15:1Rate it →
Vandalia Junior High School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Vandalia
C+
502 students14:1Rate it →
Vandalia Community High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Vandalia
C+
411 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Bear Grove Township’s schools

Are Bear Grove Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bear Grove Township. Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bear Grove Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bear Grove Township in?

Vandalia Community Unit School District 203.

Where do Bear Grove Township kids go to high school?

Vandalia Community High 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.