Schools · St. Jacob

St. Jacob, IL schools

St. Jacob’s public schools score well above Illinois’s averages: 41% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 98% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend St Jacob Elem School through grade 5, then Triad Middle School and Triad High School.

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

ASchool Grade #6Best schools in IL (of 384)#1Highest graduation rate in IL (of 635)

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St. Jacob’s School Grade: A

The public schools St. Jacob’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 88% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scoresA+Graduation

Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 88%

Lower resultsHigher results

Illinois towns with similar household incomes (690)Better than 90%

Towns in Madison County (23)Better than 87%

High confidence. Built on 2,005 tested students and a graduating class of 285; 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 St. Jacob kids go to school

Grades PK–5

A+St Jacob Elem School 262 students · Saint Jacob Triad Community Unit School District 2

Grades 6–8

ATriad Middle School 925 students · Saint Jacob Triad Community Unit School District 2

Grades 9–12

A-Triad High School 1,218 students · Troy Triad Community Unit School District 2

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Triad Community Unit School District 2)41%

State average 30.7%

Math (grades PK–12, Triad Community Unit School District 2)43%

State average 25.8%

Graduation · class of 2018

98% graduate on time

Graduation rate

98%

IL: 87.3%

Graduating class

285

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1 of 635 IL towns →

Districts

The district serving St. Jacob

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Triad Community Unit School District 2Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 4,009 students

$13,555 per studentIL $21,567A

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

Within reach

Colleges near St. Jacob

There’s no college in St. Jacob, but 13 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is McKendree University in Lebanon, 6.8 miles away.

McKendree UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lebanon6.8 mi1,505 students Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleUniversity or college · Public · Edwardsville15.1 mi10,104 students Southwestern Illinois CollegeCommunity college · Public · Belleville15.4 mi6,736 students Greenville UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greenville23.1 mi816 students

Stevens-The Institute of Business & ArtsUniversity or college · For-profit · St. Louis24.7 mi95 students

Ponce Health Sciences University-St LouisUniversity or college · For-profit · St. Louis25.5 mi95 students

Harris-Stowe State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · St. Louis26 mi946 students Saint Louis UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Louis26.5 mi16,056 students

Aquinas Institute of TheologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Louis26.6 mi83 students

Ranken Technical CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · St. Louis27.1 mi1,584 students

3 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of St. Jacob. 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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