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Schools in Council Hill Township

Council Hill Township’s public schools

Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 and Galena Unit School District 120 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Council Hill Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.7K
▼ 18% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Galena Unit School District 120
Students per teacher
11.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,041 students on the public path
In brief

Council Hill Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Council Hill Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Galena High School places highest (better than 73%); Scales Mound Elem School lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Council Hill Township, graded from B− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Galena High School and Scales Mound High School. 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 Council Hill Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211.

Two districts serve Council Hill Township

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

Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 257 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 9.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$27,780IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Galena Unit School District 120Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 836 students, up 57% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,684IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Scales Mound Community Unit School District 21132%
State average 29.9% · 130 students tested
Math · PK–12, Scales Mound Community Unit School District 21132%
State average 25.8% · 133 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Galena Unit School District 12039%
State average 29.9% · 417 students tested
Math · PK–12, Galena Unit School District 12038%
State average 25.8% · 425 students tested

Council Hill Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Council Hill Township—Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 PK–12 · Galena Unit School District 120 PK–12
Scales Mound—Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211
Vinegar Hill—Galena Unit School District 120
GuilfordB+Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 PK–12 · River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 PK–12
East GalenaA−Galena Unit School District 120
Rawlins—Galena Unit School District 120

3 of the 5 neighbors share Galena Unit School District 120 with Council Hill Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Benton, WI and New Diggings, WI border Council Hill Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Council Hill Township

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 Council Hill Townshipin other towns
Galena Elementary and Middle Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Galena
B+
576 students12:1Rate it →
Scales Mound Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Scales Mound
B−
138 students11:1Rate it →
Galena High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Galena
B+
260 students12:1Rate it →
Scales Mound High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Scales Mound
B+
67 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Council Hill Township’s schools

Are Council Hill Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Council Hill Township. Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 and Galena Unit School District 120 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Council Hill Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Council Hill Township in?

Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 and Galena Unit School District 120.

Where do Council Hill Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Galena High School and Scales Mound High School.

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What Council Hill Township families are saying about 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.