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Schools in Colfax

Colfax’s public schools

Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Colfax. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
15%
2020–21
Math proficiency
13%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.6K
▼ 18% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
520 students on the public path
In brief

Colfax’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Colfax’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Ridgeview High School places highest (better than 45%); Ridgeview Jr High School lowest (25%). 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 Colfax, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Ridgeview Elementary SchoolRidgeview Community Unit School District 19C
6–8Ridgeview Jr High SchoolRidgeview Community Unit School District 19C
9–12Ridgeview High SchoolRidgeview Community Unit School District 19B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19.

The district

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

Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 520 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,634IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading15%
State average 29.9% · 283 students tested
Math13%
State average 25.8% · 283 students tested

Colfax vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Colfax—Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19

Every school in Colfax

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).

Also serving Colfaxin other towns
Ridgeview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
C
247 students11:1Rate it →
Ridgeview Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8
C
107 students13:1Rate it →
Ridgeview High School
High · Grades 9–12
B−
166 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Colfax’s schools

Are Colfax’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Colfax. Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Colfax. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Colfax in?

Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19.

Where do Colfax kids go to high school?

Ridgeview 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.