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Schools in Gillespie Township

Gillespie Township’s public schools

Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gillespie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% 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
21%
2020–21
Math proficiency
14%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
1,095 students on the public path
In brief

Gillespie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Gillespie Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Gillespie High School places highest (better than 65%); Ben-Gil Elementary 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 Gillespie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Ben-Gil Elementary SchoolGillespie Community Unit School District 7C
6–8Gillespie Middle SchoolGillespie Community Unit School District 7C+
9–12Gillespie High SchoolGillespie Community Unit School District 7B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gillespie Community Unit School District 7.

The district

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

Gillespie Community Unit School District 7Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,095 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,374IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading21%
State average 29.9% · 556 students tested
Math14%
State average 25.8% · 515 students tested

Gillespie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Gillespie Township—Gillespie Community Unit School District 7
DorchesterC+Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Staunton Community Unit School District 6 PK–12 · Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 PK–12
CahokiaCGillespie Community Unit School District 7 PK–12 · Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
Brushy Mound—Carlinville Community Unit School District 1
Hillyard—Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 PK–12 · Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
BenldCGillespie Community Unit School District 7
Dorchester (village)—Gillespie Community Unit School District 7
Mount Clare—Gillespie Community Unit School District 7

5 of the 7 neighbors share Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 with Gillespie Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Gillespie Township

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).

District schools in Gillespie Townshipby address
Ben-Gil Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Gillespie
C
523 students12:1Rate it →
Gillespie Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Gillespie
C+
244 students14:1Rate it →
Gillespie High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Gillespie
B+
328 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Gillespie Township’s schools

Are Gillespie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gillespie Township. Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gillespie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Gillespie Township in?

Gillespie Community Unit School District 7.

Where do Gillespie Township kids go to high school?

Gillespie High School.

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What Gillespie 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.