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Schools in Elsah

Elsah’s public schools

Jersey Community Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elsah. 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 103% 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
25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
89%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 27% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.5
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,973 students on the public path
In brief

Elsah’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Elsah’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Jersey Community Middle School places highest (better than 68%); Grafton Elem School lowest (54%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Elsah, graded from B− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one middle school: Jersey Comm 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 Elsah, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB−
5–7Jersey Community Middle Schoolin JerseyvilleB+
8–12Jersey Comm High Schoolin JerseyvilleB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Jersey Community Unit School District 100.

The district

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

Jersey Community Unit School District 100Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,365 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 15.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,641IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 29.9% · 1194 students tested
Math25%
State average 25.8% · 1193 students tested

Elsah vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Elsah—Jersey Community Unit School District 100

Every school in Elsah

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 Elsahin other towns
Jerseyville West Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Jerseyville
352 students14:1Rate it →
Grafton Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Grafton
B−
171 students20:1Rate it →
Jersey Community Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–7 · Jerseyville
B+
489 students14:1Rate it →
Jersey Comm High School
High · Grades 8–12 · Jerseyville
B
961 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Elsah’s schools

Are Elsah’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Elsah. Jersey Community Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elsah. 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 Elsah in?

Jersey Community Unit School District 100.

Where do Elsah kids go to high school?

Jersey Comm High School.

Parents talk

What Elsah 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.