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Schools in Bismarck

Bismarck’s public schools

Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bismarck. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 98% 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
29%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.5K
▼ 51% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
802 students on the public path
In brief

Bismarck’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Bismarck’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Bismarck-Henning Elem School places highest (better than 65%); Coop HS 1 lowest (37%). 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 Bismarck, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Bismarck-Henning Elem SchoolBismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School DistrictB+
5–8Bismarck-Henning Jr High SchoolBismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School DistrictB
9–12Coop HS 1Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School DistrictC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District.

The district

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

Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 802 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$10,487IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading29%
State average 29.9% · 429 students tested
Math21%
State average 25.8% · 417 students tested

Bismarck vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bismarck—Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit

Every school in Bismarck

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 Bismarckin other towns
Bismarck-Henning Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4
B+
309 students13:1Rate it →
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School
Middle · Grades 5–8
B
246 students14:1Rate it →
Coop HS 1
High · Grades 9–12
C+
247 studentsRate it →

Questions about Bismarck’s schools

Are Bismarck’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bismarck. Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bismarck. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Bismarck in?

Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District.

Where do Bismarck kids go to high school?

Coop HS 1.

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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.