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Schools in Scales Mound Township

Scales Mound Township’s public schools

Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Scales Mound 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 101% 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.8K
▲ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
257 students on the public path
In brief

Scales Mound Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Scales Mound Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Scales Mound Jr High School places highest (better than 86%); Scales Mound Elem School lowest (45%). 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 Scales Mound Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Scales Mound Elem SchoolScales Mound Community Unit School District 211B−
6–8Scales Mound Jr High SchoolScales Mound Community Unit School District 211A
9–12Scales Mound High SchoolScales Mound Community Unit School District 211B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211.

The district

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

Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 257 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 9.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$27,780IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 29.9% · 130 students tested
Math32%
State average 25.8% · 133 students tested

Scales Mound Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Scales Mound Township—Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211
Council Hill—Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 PK–12 · Galena Unit School District 120 PK–12
GuilfordB+Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 PK–12 · River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 PK–12
Apple River—Warren Community Unit School District 205

2 of the 3 neighbors share Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 with Scales Mound Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Monticello, WI and White Oak Springs, WI border Scales Mound Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Scales Mound 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).

District schools in Scales Mound Townshipby address
Scales Mound Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Scales Mound
B−
138 students11:1Rate it →
Scales Mound Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Scales Mound
A
52 students10:1Rate it →
Scales Mound High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Scales Mound
B+
67 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Scales Mound Township’s schools

Are Scales Mound Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Scales Mound Township. Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Scales Mound 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 Scales Mound Township in?

Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211.

Where do Scales Mound Township kids go to high school?

Scales Mound 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.