Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Sand Ridge Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Schools in Sand Ridge Township

Sand Ridge Township’s public schools

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sand Ridge Township. 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 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
13%
2020–21
Math proficiency
9%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.3K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,813 students on the public path
In brief

Sand Ridge Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Sand Ridge Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Murphysboro High School places highest (better than 37%); Murphysboro Middle School lowest (6%). 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 Sand Ridge Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–2Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntrin MurphysboroNo scores
3–5Carruthers Elementary Schoolin MurphysboroC
6–8Murphysboro Middle Schoolin MurphysboroD
9–12Murphysboro High Schoolin MurphysboroC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186.

The district

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

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,877 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,286IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading13%
State average 29.9% · 966 students tested
Math9%
State average 25.8% · 809 students tested

Sand Ridge Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sand Ridge Township—Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186
Levan—Trico Community Unit School District 176 PK–12 · Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 PK–12
MurphysboroCMurphysboro Community Unit School District 186 PK–12 · Carbondale Community High School District 165 9–12
Fountain Bluff—Trico Community Unit School District 176
Gorham—Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186
Grand Tower—Shawnee Community Unit School District 84

3 of the 5 neighbors share Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 with Sand Ridge Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Sand Ridge Township

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 Sand Ridge Townshipin other towns
Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Murphysboro
400 students12:1Rate it →
Carruthers Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Murphysboro
C
426 students15:1Rate it →
Murphysboro Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Murphysboro
D
422 students12:1Rate it →
Murphysboro High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Murphysboro
C+
565 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Sand Ridge Township’s schools

Are Sand Ridge Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sand Ridge Township. Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sand Ridge Township. 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 Sand Ridge Township in?

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186.

Where do Sand Ridge Township kids go to high school?

Murphysboro High School.

Parents talk

What Sand Ridge Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Sand Ridge Township → They have their own page.

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.