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Schools in Royal

Royal’s public schools

Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 and St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Royal. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% 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
47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Spent per student
$14.5K
▼ 33% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305
Students per teacher
12.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
732 students on the public path
In brief

Royal’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Royal’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Prairieview-Ogden Jr High Sch places highest (better than 91%); Prairieview-Ogden South Elem lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Royal, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: St Joseph-Ogden High School. 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 Royal, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
7–8Prairieview-Ogden Jr High Schin ThomasboroA
9–12St Joseph-Ogden High Schoolin Saint JosephA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197.

Two districts serve Royal

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

Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 275 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,955IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 457 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,500IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 19747%
State average 29.9% · 168 students tested
Math · PK–8, Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 19727%
State average 25.8% · 160 students tested
Reading · 9–12, St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 30532%
State average 29.9% · 114 students tested
Math · 9–12, St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 30552%
State average 25.8% · 106 students tested

Royal vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Royal—Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 PK–8 · St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305 9–12

Every school in Royal

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 Royalin other towns
Prairieview-Ogden North Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4
A
91 students16:1Rate it →
Prairieview-Ogden South Elem
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Ogden
C+
116 students9:1Rate it →
Prairieview-Ogden Jr High Sch
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Thomasboro
A
68 students12:1Rate it →
St Joseph-Ogden High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Saint Joseph
A
457 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Royal’s schools

Are Royal’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Royal. Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 and St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Royal. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Royal in?

Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 and St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305.

Where do Royal kids go to high school?

St Joseph-Ogden High School.

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What Royal 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.