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Schools in Sheffield

Sheffield’s public schools

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sheffield. 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 98% 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
36%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.7K
▼ 4% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
906 students on the public path
In brief

Sheffield’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Sheffield’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Bureau Valley Elem and JH places highest (better than 63%); Bureau Valley High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sheffield, graded from B− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Bureau Valley High School. 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 Sheffield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB−
6–8Bureau Valley Elem and JHin ManliusB
9–12Bureau Valley High SchoolBureau Valley Community Unit School District 340C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340.

The district

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

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 906 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,747IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading36%
State average 29.9% · 466 students tested
Math20%
State average 25.8% · 488 students tested

Sheffield vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sheffield—Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340

Every school in Sheffield

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 Sheffieldin other towns
Bureau Valley North
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Walnut
B−
183 students9:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Wyanet
126 students16:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley Elem and JH
Middle · Grades 3–8 · Manlius
B
303 students10:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12
C+
294 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Sheffield’s schools

Are Sheffield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sheffield. Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sheffield. 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 Sheffield in?

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340.

Where do Sheffield kids go to high school?

Bureau Valley High School.

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What Sheffield 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.