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Schools in Mill Shoals

Mill Shoals’s public schools

Fairfield Community High School District 225 and New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mill Shoals. 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 94% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
2020–21
Graduate on time
72%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Fairfield Community High School District 225
Students per teacher
15.4
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
648 students on the public path
In brief

Mill Shoals’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Mill Shoals’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. New Hope Elem School places highest (better than 96%); Fairfield Comm High School lowest (37%). 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 Mill Shoals, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8New Hope Elem Schoolin FairfieldA+
9–12Fairfield Comm High Schoolin FairfieldC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fairfield Community High School District 225.

Two districts serve Mill Shoals

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

Fairfield Community High School District 225Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 444 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 15.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,340IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 204 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 15.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,876IL $21,567 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Fairfield Community High School District 22522%
State average 29.9% · 93 students tested
Math · 9–12, Fairfield Community High School District 22512%
State average 25.8% · 98 students tested
Reading · K–8, New Hope Community Consolidated School District 662%
State average 29.9% · 117 students tested
Math · K–8, New Hope Community Consolidated School District 657%
State average 25.8% · 106 students tested

Mill Shoals vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Mill Shoals—New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 K–8 · Fairfield Community High School District 225 9–12

Every school in Mill Shoals

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 Mill Shoalsin other towns
New Hope Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Fairfield
A+
204 students16:1Rate it →
Fairfield Comm High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fairfield
C+
444 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Mill Shoals’s schools

Are Mill Shoals’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Mill Shoals. Fairfield Community High School District 225 and New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mill Shoals. 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 Mill Shoals in?

Fairfield Community High School District 225 and New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6.

Where do Mill Shoals kids go to high school?

Fairfield Comm 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.