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Schools in San Jose

San Jose’s public schools

Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for San Jose. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
25%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.8K
▼ 13% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
575 students on the public path
In brief

San Jose’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of San Jose’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Illini Central Grade School places highest (better than 42%); Illini Central High School lowest (22%). 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 San Jose, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Illini Central Grade Schoolin Mason CityC+
6–8Illini Central Middle Schoolin Mason CityC
9–12Illini Central High Schoolin Mason CityC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Illini Central Community Unit School District 189.

The district

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

Illini Central Community Unit School District 189Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 640 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 10.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,843IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading25%
State average 29.9% · 324 students tested
Math11%
State average 25.8% · 285 students tested

San Jose vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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San Jose—Illini Central Community Unit School District 189

Every school in San Jose

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 San Josein other towns
Illini Central Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Mason City
C+
264 students10:1Rate it →
Illini Central Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mason City
C
139 students11:1Rate it →
Illini Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Mason City
C−
172 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about San Jose’s schools

Are San Jose’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for San Jose. Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for San Jose. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 San Jose in?

Illini Central Community Unit School District 189.

Where do San Jose kids go to high school?

Illini Central High School.

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What San Jose 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.