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Schools in Medora

Medora’s public schools

Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Medora. 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 98% 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
34%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.7K
▼ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
989 students on the public path
In brief

Medora’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Medora’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Southwestern Middle School places highest (better than 65%); Southwestern High School lowest (54%). 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 Medora, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Brighton North Primary Schoolin BrightonNo scores
3–4Shipman Elem Schoolin ShipmanB
7–8Southwestern Middle Schoolin PiasaB+
9–12Southwestern High Schoolin PiasaB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southwestern Community Unit School District 9.

The district

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

Southwestern Community Unit School District 9Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,149 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,659IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading34%
State average 29.9% · 637 students tested
Math22%
State average 25.8% · 613 students tested

Medora vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Medora—Southwestern Community Unit School District 9

Every school in Medora

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 Medorain other towns
Brighton North Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Brighton
293 students16:1Rate it →
Shipman Elem School
Elementary · Grades 3–4 · Shipman
B
155 students12:1Rate it →
Southwestern Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Piasa
B+
171 students12:1Rate it →
Southwestern High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Piasa
B−
370 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Medora’s schools

Are Medora’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Medora. Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Medora. 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 Medora in?

Southwestern Community Unit School District 9.

Where do Medora kids go to high school?

Southwestern 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.