Schools · Dongola

Dongola, IL schools

Dongola’s public schools score well below Illinois’s averages: 7.5% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend Dongola Elementary School through grade 5, then Dongola Jr High School and Dongola High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

D-School Grade

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Dongola’s School Grade: D-

The public schools Dongola’s kids attend trail 96% of Illinois’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

D-Test scores

Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 4%

Lower resultsHigher results

Illinois towns with similar household incomes (98)Better than 9%

Lower confidence. Built on 115 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.

School path

Where Dongola kids go to school

Grades PK–5

DDongola Elementary School 108 students · Dongola Dongola School Unit District 66

Grades 6–8

DDongola Jr High School 51 students · Dongola Dongola School Unit District 66

Grades 9–12

C-Dongola High School 62 students · Dongola Dongola School Unit District 66

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Dongola School Unit District 66)7.5%

State average 30.7%

Math (grades PK–12, Dongola School Unit District 66)2.5%

State average 25.8%

Graduation · class of 2018

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

IL: 87.3%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Dongola

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Dongola School Unit District 66Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 221 students

$16,384 per studentIL $21,567D-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Dongola

There’s no college in Dongola, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Shawnee Community College in Ullin, 9.4 miles away.

Shawnee Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Ullin9.4 mi940 students

Southeast Missouri State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Cape Girardeau20.4 mi7,933 students Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cape Girardeau21.3 mi121 students Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleUniversity or college · Public · Carbondale24.8 mi9,352 students John A Logan CollegeCommunity college · Public · Carterville27.3 mi2,766 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Dongola. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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