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Schools in Brussels

Brussels’s public schools

Brussels Community Unit School District 42 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Brussels. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 72% 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
24%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.4K
▲ 27% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
109 students on the public path
In brief

Brussels’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Brussels’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Brussels Grade School places highest (better than 68%); Brussels High School lowest (46%). 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 Brussels, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–7Brussels Grade SchoolBrussels Community Unit School District 42B+
8–12Brussels High SchoolBrussels Community Unit School District 42B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Brussels Community Unit School District 42.

The district

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

Brussels Community Unit School District 42Grades K–12 · 2 schools · 109 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 8.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$27,448IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 29.9% · 51 students tested
Math24%
State average 25.8% · 46 students tested

Brussels vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Brussels—Brussels Community Unit School District 42

Every school in Brussels

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 Brusselsby address
Brussels Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–7
B+
67 students12:1Rate it →
Brussels High School
High · Grades 7–12
B−
42 students5:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
St. Mary Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
41 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Brussels’s schools

Are Brussels’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Brussels. Brussels Community Unit School District 42 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Brussels. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Brussels in?

Brussels Community Unit School District 42.

Where do Brussels kids go to high school?

Brussels High School.

Are there private schools in Brussels?

Yes: St. Mary Elementary School (grades PK–8, 41 students).

Parents talk

What Brussels 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.