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Schools in Rutledge Township

Rutledge Township’s public schools

Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rutledge Township. 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 83% 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
18%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
652 students on the public path
In brief

Rutledge Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Rutledge Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Ruth M Schneider Elem School places highest (better than 65%); Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS 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 Rutledge Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Ruth M Schneider Elem Schoolin Farmer CityB+
4–8Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HSin MansfieldC+
9–12Blue Ridge High Schoolin Farmer CityB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18.

The district

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

Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 652 students · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,407IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading18%
State average 29.9% · 282 students tested
Math20%
State average 25.8% · 282 students tested

Rutledge Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Rutledge Township—Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18
De Witt—DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 PK–12 · Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 PK–12
Wilson—Clinton Community Unit School District 15
Santa AnnaCBlue Ridge Community Unit School District 18
EmpireB+Le Roy Community Unit School District 2

2 of the 4 neighbors share Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 with Rutledge Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Rutledge Township

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 Rutledge Townshipin other towns
Ruth M Schneider Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Farmer City
B+
265 students13:1Rate it →
Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Mansfield
C+
232 students11:1Rate it →
Blue Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Farmer City
B−
155 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Rutledge Township’s schools

Are Rutledge Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Rutledge Township. Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rutledge Township. 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 Rutledge Township in?

Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18.

Where do Rutledge Township kids go to high school?

Blue Ridge 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.