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Schools in Phillipstown

Phillipstown’s public schools

Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Phillipstown. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 103% 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
38%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.6K
▼ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.7
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
941 students on the public path
In brief

Phillipstown’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Phillipstown’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Jefferson Attendance Center places highest (better than 86%); Carmi-White County High School lowest (42%). 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 Phillipstown, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–1Lincoln Attendance Centerin CarmiNo scores
2–3Jefferson Attendance Centerin CarmiA
7–8Carmi White Cnty Jr High Schin CarmiB
9–12Carmi-White County High Schoolin CarmiC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5.

The district

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

Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,282 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,644IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 29.9% · 651 students tested
Math24%
State average 25.8% · 714 students tested

Phillipstown vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Phillipstown—Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5

Every school in Phillipstown

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 Phillipstownin other towns
Lincoln Attendance Center
Elementary · Grades K–1 · Carmi
176 students10:1Rate it →
Jefferson Attendance Center
Elementary · Grades 2–3 · Carmi
A
158 students13:1Rate it →
Carmi White Cnty Jr High Sch
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Carmi
B
188 students13:1Rate it →
Carmi-White County High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Carmi
C+
419 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Phillipstown’s schools

Are Phillipstown’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Phillipstown. Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Phillipstown. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Phillipstown in?

Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5.

Where do Phillipstown kids go to high school?

Carmi-White County High School.

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What Phillipstown 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.