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Schools in Garden Prairie

Garden Prairie’s public schools

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden Prairie. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/10schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% 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
18%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.3K
▼ 6% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.3
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
7,523 students on the public path
In brief

Garden Prairie’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Garden Prairie’s 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Belvidere North High Sch places highest (better than 68%); Washington Academy lowest (6%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Six elementary schools serve Garden Prairie, graded from D to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Belvidere North High Sch and Belvidere 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 Garden Prairie, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to B
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Belvidere Consolidated 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.

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100Grades PK–12 · 10 schools · 7,523 students · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,291IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading18%
State average 29.9% · 3834 students tested
Math11%
State average 25.8% · 2608 students tested

Garden Prairie vs. its neighbors

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

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Garden Prairie—Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100

Every school in Garden Prairie

10 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 Garden Prairiein other towns
Washington Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Belvidere
D
721 students12:1Rate it →
Meehan Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Belvidere
C−
688 students16:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Belvidere
C
573 students14:1Rate it →
Caledonia Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Caledonia
C+
449 students14:1Rate it →
Perry Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Belvidere
C
284 students19:1Rate it →
Seth Whitman Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Belvidere
B
622 students14:1Rate it →
Belvidere Central Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Belvidere
C
911 students12:1Rate it →
Belvidere South Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Belvidere
C−
754 students11:1Rate it →
Belvidere North High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · Belvidere
B+
1,354 students14:1Rate it →
Belvidere High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Belvidere
C+
1,167 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Garden Prairie’s schools

Are Garden Prairie’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garden Prairie. Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden Prairie. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Garden Prairie in?

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100.

Where do Garden Prairie kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Belvidere North High Sch and Belvidere High School.

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What Garden Prairie 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.