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Schools in Vandalia Township

Vandalia Township’s public schools

Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vandalia Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
4
1,465 students on the public path
In brief

Vandalia Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Vandalia Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Vandalia Elementary School places highest (better than 65%); Vandalia Junior High School lowest (42%). 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 Vandalia Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Vandalia Elementary SchoolVandalia Community Unit School District 203B+
4–8Vandalia Junior High SchoolVandalia Community Unit School District 203C+
9–12Vandalia Community High SchoolVandalia Community Unit School District 203C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Vandalia Community Unit School District 203.

The district

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

Vandalia Community Unit School District 203Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,465 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,121IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 699 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 689 students tested

Vandalia Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Vandalia Township—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Kaskaskia—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Bear Grove—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Sefton—Brownstown Community Unit School District 201 PK–12 · Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 PK–12
OtegoC+Brownstown Community Unit School District 201
SharonB−Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 PK–12 · Ramsey Community Unit School District 204 PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 with Vandalia Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Vandalia Township

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).

District schools in Vandalia Townshipby address
Vandalia Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Vandalia
B+
552 students15:1Rate it →
Vandalia Junior High School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Vandalia
C+
502 students14:1Rate it →
Vandalia Community High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Vandalia
C+
411 students10:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Vandalia Christian Academy Inc
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Vandalia
Private · Religious
25 students8:1Rate it →

Left off: 3 public programs with fewer than 25 students (New Approach Alternative H S, FOCUS Safe Sch Program and Okaw Area Vocational Center).

Questions about Vandalia Township’s schools

Are Vandalia Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Vandalia Township. Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vandalia Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Vandalia Township in?

Vandalia Community Unit School District 203.

Where do Vandalia Township kids go to high school?

Vandalia Community High School.

Are there private schools in Vandalia Township?

Yes: Vandalia Christian Academy Inc (grades PK–6, 25 students).

Parents talk

What Vandalia Township 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.