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Schools in Buckingham

Buckingham’s public schools

Herscher Community Unit School District 2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buckingham. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 101% 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
34%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.6K
▼ 9% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.2
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,686 students on the public path
In brief

Buckingham’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Buckingham’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Herscher Intermediate Sch places highest (better than 85%); Limestone Middle Sch lowest (64%). 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 Buckingham, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–1Bonfield Grade Schoolin BonfieldNo scores
2–5Herscher Intermediate Schin HerscherA
6–8Limestone Middle Schin KankakeeB
9–12Herscher High Schoolin HerscherB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Herscher Community Unit School District 2.

The district

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

Herscher Community Unit School District 2Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,686 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,611IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading34%
State average 29.9% · 859 students tested
Math32%
State average 25.8% · 846 students tested

Buckingham vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buckingham—Herscher Community Unit School District 2

Every school in Buckingham

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 Buckinghamin other towns
Bonfield Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Bonfield
285 students17:1Rate it →
Herscher Intermediate Sch
Elementary · Grades 2–5 · Herscher
A
391 students13:1Rate it →
Limestone Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Kankakee
B
468 students13:1Rate it →
Herscher High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Herscher
B+
542 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Buckingham’s schools

Are Buckingham’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buckingham. Herscher Community Unit School District 2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buckingham. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Buckingham in?

Herscher Community Unit School District 2.

Where do Buckingham kids go to high school?

Herscher High 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.