Sandoval Community Unit School District 501
Serves Sandoval Township, Sandoval, Junction City, Meridian Township and Carrigan Township, and parts of Brookside Township and East Fork Township.
Sandoval Township’s School Grade D better than 7% of Illinois school districts
What stands out about Sandoval Community Unit School District 501
- Its letter, D: results better than 5% of Illinois districts
- Math proficiency 18 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 22 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 13 pts below the state
- Spends 25% less per student than the IL average
- 13 students per teacher
- Debt of $0.5M, about $1,175 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
D: better than 5% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Sandoval Township. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. IL
2020–21 · 2021–22 · class of 2023Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.