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Schools in Junction City

Junction City’s public schools

Sandoval Community Unit School District 501 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Junction City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools 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
8%
2020–21
Math proficiency
8%
2020–21
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
429 students on the public path
In brief

Junction City’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Junction City’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Sandoval Jr High School places highest (better than 25%); Sandoval Elem School lowest (6%). 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 Junction City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Sandoval Elem Schoolin SandovalD
7–8Sandoval Jr High Schoolin SandovalC
9–12Sandoval Sr High Schoolin SandovalC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sandoval Community Unit School District 501.

The district

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

Sandoval Community Unit School District 501Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 429 students · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,213IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading8%
State average 29.9% · 224 students tested
Math8%
State average 25.8% · 212 students tested

Junction City vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Junction City—Sandoval Community Unit School District 501

Every school in Junction City

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).

Also serving Junction Cityin other towns
Sandoval Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Sandoval
D
221 students13:1Rate it →
Sandoval Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sandoval
C
84 students16:1Rate it →
Sandoval Sr High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Sandoval
C−
124 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Junction City’s schools

Are Junction City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Junction City. Sandoval Community Unit School District 501 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Junction City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Junction City in?

Sandoval Community Unit School District 501.

Where do Junction City kids go to high school?

Sandoval Sr 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.