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Schools in Carbon Hill

Carbon Hill’s public schools

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Carbon Hill. 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
55%
2020–21
Math proficiency
46%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.8
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,835 students on the public path
In brief

Carbon Hill’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Carbon Hill’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Coal City Middle School places highest (better than 94%); Coal City High School lowest (70%). 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 Carbon Hill, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–1Coal City Early Childhood Centerin Coal CityNo scores
2–3Coal City Elem Schoolin Coal CityA−
6–8Coal City Middle Schoolin Coal CityA
9–12Coal City High Schoolin Coal CityB+

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

The district

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

Coal City Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,129 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,202IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading55%
State average 29.9% · 1075 students tested
Math46%
State average 25.8% · 1052 students tested

Carbon Hill vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Carbon Hill—Coal City Community Unit School District 1
Coal CityACoal City Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Carbon Hill

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 Carbon Hillin other towns
Coal City Early Childhood Center
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Coal City
437 students16:1Rate it →
Coal City Elem School
Elementary · Grades 2–3 · Coal City
A−
302 students14:1Rate it →
Coal City Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Coal City
A
454 students13:1Rate it →
Coal City High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Coal City
B+
642 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Carbon Hill’s schools

Are Carbon Hill’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Carbon Hill. Coal City Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Carbon Hill. 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 Carbon Hill in?

Coal City Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Carbon Hill kids go to high school?

Coal City 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.