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Schools in Webber Township · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201, Bluford Unit School District 318

Webber Township’s public schools score below 66% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation

15% of students in Webber Township’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Webber Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

≈could be anywhere from D to BK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
18%
▼ 12 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
15%
▼ 11 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
86%
▼ 2 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.4K
▼ 1% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201
Students per teacher
13.7
IL 13.6
Schools in town
2
370 students on the public path
In brief

Webber Township’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 1238 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Webber Township’s, its schools beat 40%, higher than their 34% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2021, 18% of tested students were proficient in reading and 15% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

86% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 spends $21,435 per student and Bluford Unit School District 318 $14,405, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Webber Township’s grade

C− Test scoresC+ Graduation

C: better than 34% of Illinois school districts. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 34%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1238)Better than 40%
Towns in Jefferson County (16)Better than 31%
DBA rough placement. Ordinary sampling error in 427 test results and a graduating class of 276 could put Webber Township anywhere from D to B. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Webber Township’s students in the tested grades sat them (412 in math, 442 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Webber Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Bluford Grade SchoolBluford Unit School District 318B−
9–12Webber High SchoolBluford Unit School District 318C−

Webber Township runs its own schools through grade 12 (Bluford Unit School District 318). From grade 9, students attend the Mount Vernon Township High School District 201, shared with Belle Rive, Bonnie, Dix, Dodds, Field, Ina, McClellan, Moores Prairie, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Pendleton, Rome, Shiloh and Spring Garden. Parts of Webber Township (6% and 6% of its land) are served by Farrington Community Consolidated School District 99 and Bluford Unit School District 318 (9-12) in Farrington instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Webber Township

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

Mount Vernon Township High School District 201Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,233 students · 14.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,435IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Bluford Unit School District 318Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 370 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,405IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Mount Vernon Township High School District 20115%
State average 29.9% · 253 students tested
Math · 9–12, Mount Vernon Township High School District 20113%
State average 25.8% · 245 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Bluford Unit School District 31822%
State average 29.9% · 189 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bluford Unit School District 31817%
State average 25.8% · 167 students tested

Webber Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Webber TownshipCBluford Unit School District 318 PK–12 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 9–12
PendletonC+Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5 PK–8 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 9–12 · Bluford Unit School District 318 (KG-8) in Mount Vernon
Farrington—Farrington Community Consolidated School District 99 K–8 · Salem Community High School District 600 9–12 · Bluford Unit School District 318 (9-12) in Farrington
Four Mile—Wayne City Community Unit School District 100
Mount Vernon—Field Community Consolidated School District 3 PK–8 · Summersville School District 79 PK–8 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 9–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 with Webber Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Webber Township

2 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 Webber Townshipby address
Bluford Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Bluford
B−
236 students12:1Rate it →
Webber High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bluford
C−
134 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Webber Township’s schools

Are Webber Township’s schools good?

On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Webber Township children attend score below 66% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 40%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Webber Township in?

Two districts: Bluford Unit School District 318 runs grades PK–12, and Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 runs grades 9–12, shared with Belle Rive, Bonnie, Dix, Dodds, Field, Ina, McClellan, Moores Prairie, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Pendleton, Rome, Shiloh and Spring Garden.

Where do Webber Township kids go to high school?

Webber High School in Bluford, with 134 students; its own test results earn a C−.

What is Webber Township’s graduation rate?

86% of the class of 2023 in Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Webber Township spend per student?

$21,435 in Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 and $14,405 in Bluford Unit School District 318 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.