Irving’s public schools beat 53% of Illinois districts
The public schools Irving’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 53% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Irving’s schools, in brief
Irving shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Irving’s path is shared: Beckemeyer Elem School, Hillsboro Jr High School and Hillsboro High School. Butler Grove, East Fork and Hillsboro send their kids to all the same schools. From grade 1, they’re joined by students from Witt. The middle school earns the best grade on the path (B+); the high school earns the lowest (C). See the path ↓
Reading is above the state; math is just below
Reading proficiency is 36%, 5 points above the state. Math is 20%, 6 points below the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. Test scores ↓
Average results for less money
Irving spends 30% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Irving compares
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 Irving.
Parts of Irving are served by Nokomis Community Unit School District 22.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Irving vs. its neighbors
Irving’s schools rank 3rd of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Illinois districts.
Every school in Irving
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Irving families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Irving
There’s no college in Irving, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Greenville University in Greenville, 22.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Irving. 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.