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Schools in Symerton

Symerton’s public schools

Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Symerton. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools 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
49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.7K
▼ 41% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.6
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,261 students on the public path
In brief

Symerton’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Symerton’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. L J Stevens Intermediate School places highest (better than 88%); Wilmington High School lowest (60%). 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 Symerton, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–1Bruning Elem Schoolin WilmingtonNo scores
2–5L J Stevens Intermediate Schoolin WilmingtonA
6–8Wilmington Middle Schoolin WilmingtonA
9–12Wilmington High Schoolin WilmingtonB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U.

The district

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

Wilmington Community Unit School District 209UGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,261 students · 14.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,668IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading49%
State average 29.9% · 631 students tested
Math35%
State average 25.8% · 617 students tested

Symerton vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Symerton—Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U

Every school in Symerton

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 Symertonin other towns
Bruning Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Wilmington
222 students16:1Rate it →
L J Stevens Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 2–5 · Wilmington
A
353 students16:1Rate it →
Wilmington Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wilmington
A
254 students12:1Rate it →
Wilmington High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilmington
B
432 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Symerton’s schools

Are Symerton’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Symerton. Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Symerton. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Symerton in?

Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U.

Where do Symerton kids go to high school?

Wilmington 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.