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Schools in Ripley

Ripley’s public schools

Brown County Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ripley. 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 109% 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
29%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
673 students on the public path
In brief

Ripley’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Ripley’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Brown County High School places highest (better than 73%); Brown County Middle School lowest (52%). 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 Ripley, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Brown County Elementary Schoolin Mount SterlingB
5–8Brown County Middle Schoolin Mount SterlingB−
9–12Brown County High Schoolin Mount SterlingB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Brown County Community Unit School District 1.

The district

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

Brown County Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 673 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,381IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading29%
State average 29.9% · 338 students tested
Math24%
State average 25.8% · 360 students tested

Ripley vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Ripley—Brown County Community Unit School District 1
Woodstock—Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5

Every school in Ripley

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 Ripleyin other towns
Brown County Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Mount Sterling
B
270 students13:1Rate it →
Brown County Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Mount Sterling
B−
179 students11:1Rate it →
Brown County High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Mount Sterling
B+
224 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Ripley’s schools

Are Ripley’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Ripley. Brown County Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ripley. 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 Ripley in?

Brown County Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Ripley kids go to high school?

Brown County 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.