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Schools in Beardstown Township

Beardstown Township’s public schools

Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Beardstown Township. 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 115% 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
6%
2020–21
Math proficiency
3%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.1K
▼ 48% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.9
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
3
1,531 students on the public path
In brief

Beardstown Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Beardstown Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Beardstown Jr/Sr High School places highest (better than 6%); Gard Elementary School lowest (0%). 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 Beardstown Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Gard Elementary SchoolBeardstown Community Unit School District 15D−
5–12Beardstown Jr/Sr High SchoolBeardstown Community Unit School District 15D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Beardstown Community Unit School District 15.

The district

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

Beardstown Community Unit School District 15Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 1,531 students, up 17% since 2020–21 · 16.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$11,140IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading6%
State average 29.9% · 652 students tested
Math3%
State average 25.8% · 686 students tested

Beardstown Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Beardstown Township—Beardstown Community Unit School District 15
Frederick—Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5
Bainbridge—Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5
Cooperstown—Brown County Community Unit School District 1
Hagener—Triopia Community Unit School District 27 PK–12 · Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 PK–12 · Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 PK–12
Bluff Springs—Beardstown Community Unit School District 15

2 of the 5 neighbors share Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 with Beardstown Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Beardstown 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).

District schools in Beardstown Townshipby address
Gard Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Beardstown
D−
711 students19:1Rate it →
Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 5–12 · Beardstown
D
820 students16:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Beardstown Christian Academy
Grades PK–12 · Beardstown
Private · Religious
141 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Beardstown Township’s schools

Are Beardstown Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Beardstown Township. Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Beardstown Township. 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 Beardstown Township in?

Beardstown Community Unit School District 15.

Where do Beardstown Township kids go to high school?

Beardstown Jr/Sr High School.

Are there private schools in Beardstown Township?

Yes: Beardstown Christian Academy (grades PK–12, 141 students).

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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.