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Schools in Gifford

Gifford’s public schools

Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 and Rantoul Township High School District 193 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gifford. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 111% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
37%
2020–21
Spent per student
$19.2K
▼ 11% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Rantoul Township High School District 193
Students per teacher
13.4
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,052 students on the public path
In brief

Gifford’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Gifford’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Gifford Grade School places highest (better than 73%); Rantoul Twp High School lowest (19%). 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 Gifford, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Gifford Grade SchoolGifford Community Consolidated School District 188B+
9–12Rantoul Twp High Schoolin RantoulC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188.

Two districts serve Gifford

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

Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 151 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,292IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Rantoul Township High School District 193Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 901 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 14.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,210IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · K–8, Gifford Community Consolidated School District 18827%
State average 29.9% · 110 students tested
Math · K–8, Gifford Community Consolidated School District 18837%
State average 25.8% · 110 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Rantoul Township High School District 19312%
State average 29.9% · 197 students tested
Math · 9–12, Rantoul Township High School District 1938%
State average 25.8% · 182 students tested

Gifford vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Gifford—Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 K–8 · Rantoul Township High School District 193 9–12

Every school in Gifford

2 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 Giffordin other towns
Gifford Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–8
B+
151 students11:1Rate it →
Rantoul Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rantoul
C−
901 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Gifford’s schools

Are Gifford’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gifford. Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 and Rantoul Township High School District 193 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gifford. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Gifford in?

Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 and Rantoul Township High School District 193.

Where do Gifford kids go to high school?

Rantoul Twp 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.