Union’s public schools score below 79% of Illinois districts
The public schools Union’s kids attend trail 79% of Illinois’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Union compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests against the state average. 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.
- 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 Union.
Parts of Union are served by Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Union vs. its neighbors
Union’s schools rank 3rd of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Illinois districts.
Every school in Union
2 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Union families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Union
There’s no college in Union, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Knox College in Galesburg, 19.3 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Union. 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, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.