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Schools in Valier

Valier’s public schools

Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valier. 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 102% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 28% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
548 students on the public path
In brief

Valier’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Valier’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Sesser-Valier High School places highest (better than 65%); Sesser-Valier Jr High School lowest (37%). 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 Valier, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Sesser-Valier Elem Schoolin SesserB−
6–8Sesser-Valier Jr High Schoolin SesserC+
9–12Sesser-Valier High Schoolin SesserB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196.

The district

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

Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 548 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,627IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 312 students tested
Math21%
State average 25.8% · 312 students tested

Valier vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Valier—Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196

Every school in Valier

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).

Also serving Valierin other towns
Sesser-Valier Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Sesser
B−
252 students12:1Rate it →
Sesser-Valier Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Sesser
C+
121 students15:1Rate it →
Sesser-Valier High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Sesser
B+
175 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Valier’s schools

Are Valier’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Valier. Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valier. 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 Valier in?

Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196.

Where do Valier kids go to high school?

Sesser-Valier 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.