Cairo Community Unit School District 1
Serves Cairo.
Cairo’s School Grade D− better than 4% of Illinois school districts
What stands out about Cairo Community Unit School District 1
- Its letter, D−: results better than 4% of Illinois districts
- Math proficiency 23 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 22 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 18 pts below the state
- Spends 37% more per student than the IL average
- 10 students per teacher
- Enrollment down 6.7% since 2020–21
- Debt of $3.8M, about $13,651 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
D−: better than 4% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Cairo. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. IL
2020–21 · 2021–22 · class of 2023Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Down 6.7% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.