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Schools in Buckner

Buckner’s public schools

Christopher Community Unit School District 99 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buckner. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
26%
2020–21
Math proficiency
9%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.8K
▼ 17% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
716 students on the public path
In brief

Buckner’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Buckner’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Christopher Elem School places highest (better than 41%); Christopher High lowest (6%). 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 Buckner, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Christopher Elem Schoolin ChristopherC+
9–12Christopher Highin ChristopherD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Christopher Community Unit School District 99.

The district

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

Christopher Community Unit School District 99Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 716 students · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,842IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading26%
State average 29.9% · 357 students tested
Math9%
State average 25.8% · 327 students tested

Buckner vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buckner—Christopher Community Unit School District 99

Every school in Buckner

2 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 Bucknerin other towns
Christopher Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Christopher
C+
510 students14:1Rate it →
Christopher High
High · Grades 9–12 · Christopher
D
206 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Buckner’s schools

Are Buckner’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buckner. Christopher Community Unit School District 99 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buckner. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Buckner in?

Christopher Community Unit School District 99.

Where do Buckner kids go to high school?

Christopher High.

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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.