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Schools in Brushy Township

Brushy Township’s public schools

Galatia Community Unit School District 1 and Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Brushy Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/5schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
28%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.3K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3
Students per teacher
11.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,636 students on the public path
In brief

Brushy Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Brushy Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Galatia Jr High places highest (better than 65%); Galatia High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Brushy Township, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Harrisburg High School and Galatia High School. 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 Brushy Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Galatia Community Unit School District 1.

Two districts serve Brushy Township

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

Galatia Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 382 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,233IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,781 students · 12.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,341IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Galatia Community Unit School District 128%
State average 29.9% · 207 students tested
Math · PK–12, Galatia Community Unit School District 117%
State average 25.8% · 199 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Harrisburg Community Unit School District 335%
State average 29.9% · 829 students tested
Math · PK–12, Harrisburg Community Unit School District 35%
State average 25.8% · 844 students tested

Brushy Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Brushy Township—Galatia Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Carrier MillsDCarrier Mills-Stonefort Community Unit
GalatiaC−Galatia Community Unit School District 1
HarrisburgC−Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3
RaleighCEldorado Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Galatia Community Unit School District 1 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Galatia Community Unit School District 1 with Brushy Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Brushy Township

6 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 Brushy Townshipin other towns
West Side Primary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Harrisburg
400 students11:1Rate it →
Galatia Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Galatia
C+
152 students10:1Rate it →
Harrisburg Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Harrisburg
C+
382 students12:1Rate it →
Galatia Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Galatia
B+
96 students15:1Rate it →
Harrisburg High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Harrisburg
C
491 students12:1Rate it →
Galatia High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Galatia
C−
115 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Brushy Township’s schools

Are Brushy Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Brushy Township. Galatia Community Unit School District 1 and Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Brushy Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Brushy Township in?

Galatia Community Unit School District 1 and Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3.

Where do Brushy Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Harrisburg High School and Galatia High School.

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What Brushy Township 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.