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Schools in Solon Mills

Solon Mills’s public schools

Nippersink School District 2 and Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Solon Mills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
45%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Spent per student
$20.0K
▼ 7% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Nippersink School District 2
Students per teacher
12.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,632 students on the public path
In brief

Solon Mills’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Solon Mills’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Nippersink Middle School places highest (better than 82%); Spring Grove Elementary School lowest (65%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Solon Mills, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Richmond-Burton 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 Solon Mills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–8Nippersink Middle Schoolin RichmondA−
9–12Richmond-Burton High Schoolin RichmondA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nippersink School District 2.

Two districts serve Solon Mills

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

Nippersink School District 2Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,111 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,964IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 521 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$28,103IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Nippersink School District 245%
State average 29.9% · 714 students tested
Math · PK–8, Nippersink School District 227%
State average 25.8% · 672 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Richmond-Burton Community High School District 15737%
State average 29.9% · 147 students tested
Math · 9–12, Richmond-Burton Community High School District 15737%
State average 25.8% · 144 students tested

Solon Mills vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Solon Mills—Nippersink School District 2 PK–8 · Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 9–12
RichmondA−Nippersink School District 2 PK–8 · Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 9–12

Every school in Solon Mills

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 Solon Millsin other towns
Richmond Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Richmond
B+
407 students13:1Rate it →
Spring Grove Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring Grove
B+
327 students12:1Rate it →
Nippersink Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Richmond
A−
377 students13:1Rate it →
Richmond-Burton High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Richmond
A−
521 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Solon Mills’s schools

Are Solon Mills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Solon Mills. Nippersink School District 2 and Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Solon Mills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Solon Mills in?

Nippersink School District 2 and Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157.

Where do Solon Mills kids go to high school?

Richmond-Burton 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.