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Schools in Broadwell · Lincoln Community High School District 404, West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92

Broadwell’s public schools score below 57% of Illinois districts

The public schools Broadwell’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#554Graduation rate44%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
27%
▼ 4 pts vs IL 31%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
▼ 5 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
80%
▼ 7 pts vs IL 87%
class of 2018
Spent per student
$19.1K
▼ 12% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Broadwell compares

B Test scoresD Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 43%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,487)Better than 44%
Towns in Logan County (17)Better than 41%
Good confidence. Built on 344 tested students and a graduating class of 226; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Illinois only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Broadwell (some depend on your address).

The path, start to finish
PK–8West Lincoln-Broadwell Elem Schin Lincoln
9–12Lincoln Comm High Schoolin Lincoln

Two districts serve Broadwell

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Lincoln Community High School District 40427%
State average 30.7%
Reading · PK–8, West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 9222%
State average 30.7%
Math · 9–12, Lincoln Community High School District 40421%
State average 25.8%
Math · PK–8, West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 9237%
State average 25.8%

Broadwell vs. its neighbors

Broadwell’s schools rank 3rd of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Illinois districts.

Every school in Broadwell

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Colleges near Broadwell

There’s no college in Broadwell, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is St. John's College-Department of Nursing in Springfield, 22.4 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Broadwell. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.

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