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Schools in Blount Township · Armstrong Township High School District 225, Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District

Blount Township’s public schools outscore 58% of Illinois districts

The grade covers the two public school districts serving Blount Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. On the state math tests, 21% of Blount Township’s students scored proficient, below the Illinois average (26%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

≈could be anywhere from C+ to A−#383of 768 Illinois townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
28%
▼ 2 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
▼ 5 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90–94%
▲ 2–6 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.5K
▼ 51% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit
Students per teacher
12.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
916 students on the public path
In brief

Blount Township’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 870 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Blount Township’s, its schools beat 43%, lower than their 58% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2021, 28% of tested students were proficient in reading and 21% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

90–94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois (the state reports Blount Township’s rate as a range). Districts ↓

Spending and class size

Armstrong Township High School District 225 spends $25,184 per student and Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit $10,487, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Blount Township’s grade

B− Test scoresB Graduation

B: better than 58% of Illinois school districts, #383 of 768 Illinois towns. Graduation is above the Illinois average; test scores are below it.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 58%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (870)Better than 43%
Towns in Vermilion County (19)Better than 79%
C+A−A rough placement. Ordinary sampling error in 459 test results and a graduating class of 63 could put Blount Township anywhere from C+ to A−. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Blount Township’s students in the tested grades sat them (417 in math, 465 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Blount Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Bismarck-Henning Elem Schoolin BismarckB+
5–8Bismarck-Henning Jr High Schoolin BismarckB
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Blount Township runs its own schools through grade 12 (Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District). From grade 9, students attend the Armstrong Township High School District 225, shared with Compromise, Harwood, Kerr, Middlefork and Pilot. Its elementary school is in Bismarck. Parts of Blount Township (18%, 15% and 15% of its land) are served by Oakwood Community Unit School District 76, Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 and Potomac Community Unit School District 10 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Blount Township

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

Armstrong Township High School District 225Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 114 students, down 17% since 2020–21 · 8.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$25,184IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
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

Below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Armstrong Township High School District 22515%
State average 29.9% · 36 students tested
Math · 9–12, Armstrong Township High School District 22510%
State average 25.8% · 29 students tested · the state reports 0–20%
Reading · PK–12, Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District29%
State average 29.9% · 429 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District21%
State average 25.8% · 417 students tested

Blount Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Blount TownshipBBismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit PK–12 · Armstrong Township High School District 225 9–12
Pilot—Armstrong-Ellis Consolidated School District 61 K–8 · Armstrong Township High School District 225 9–12
NewellBBismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit
Danville—Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 PK–12 · Westville Community Unit School District 2 PK–12
Danville (city)D−Danville Community Consolidated School District 118
OakwoodCOakwood Community Unit School District 76 PK–12 · St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305 9–12
CatlinBSalt Fork Community Unit School District 512
South Ross—Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit PK–12 · Rossville-Alvin Community Unit School District 7 PK–12

2 of the 7 neighbors share Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit with Blount Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Blount Township

4 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 Blount Townshipin other towns
Bismarck-Henning Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Bismarck
B+
309 students13:1Rate it →
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Bismarck
B
246 students14:1Rate it →
Coop HS 1
High · Grades 9–12 · Bismarck
C+
247 studentsRate it →
Armstrong High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Armstrong
B−
114 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Blount Township’s schools

Are Blount Township’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Illinois: the public schools Blount Township children attend outscore 58% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #383 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 43%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Blount Township in?

Two districts: Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District runs grades PK–12, and Armstrong Township High School District 225 runs grades 9–12, shared with Compromise, Harwood, Kerr, Middlefork and Pilot.

Where do Blount Township kids go to high school?

One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Coop HS 1 and Armstrong High School.

What is Blount Township’s graduation rate?

90–94% of the class of 2023 in Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Blount Township spend per student?

$25,184 in Armstrong Township High School District 225 and $10,487 in Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.