Schools · Island Grove

Island Grove, IL schools

Island Grove’s public schools score well below Illinois’s averages: 21% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend New Berlin Elementary School through grade 5, then New Berlin Jr High School and New Berlin High School.

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

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Island Grove’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Island Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

CTest scoresB-Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 51%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,184)Better than 37%
Towns in Sangamon County (26)Better than 42%
Good confidence. Built on 421 tested students and a graduating class of 61; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • 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 Island Grove kids go to school

Grades PK–5
CNew Berlin Elementary School 452 students · New Berlin New Berlin CUSD 16
Grades 6–8
C+New Berlin Jr High School 155 students · New Berlin New Berlin CUSD 16
Grades 9–12
B+New Berlin High School 256 students · New Berlin New Berlin CUSD 16

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, New Berlin CUSD 16)21%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades PK–12, New Berlin CUSD 16)18%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate
92%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
61
students

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

Districts

The district serving Island Grove

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

Within reach

Colleges near Island Grove

There’s no college in Island Grove, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is St. John's College-Department of Nursing in Springfield, 13.9 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Island Grove. 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.

We don’t have any schools located in Island Grove yet.

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