Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
Public high school, grades 5 to 12 · Beardstown, Illinois
Beardstown Jr/Sr High School in Beardstown, Illinois enrolled 820 students in 2024-25 with 52.7 full-time teachers, 15.6 students per teacher against the Illinois high-school median of 13.5. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 7% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 4% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Illinois: 29.9% and 26.6%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80-84% (Illinois: 87.6%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 4%
849 students in 2022-23, 837 students in 2023-24, 820 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 54.7 to 52.7.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 849 | 54.7 | 15.5 |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 57.7 | 14.5 |
| 2024-25 | 820 | 52.7 | 15.6 |
15.6 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 76 of every 100 Illinois high schools
Among the 690 Illinois high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.5; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
5 AP courses and one counselor per 429 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Beardstown Jr/Sr High School enrolled 857 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 141 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses5
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 429 of the 857 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions141
- Chronically absent24.6% (2022-23)
Who attends
55.1% of students were Hispanic, 27.6% White, 11.7% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic55.1%
- White27.6%
- Black11.7%
- Two or more races3.5%
- Asian1.1%
- American Indian0.5%
- Pacific Islander0.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Beardstown Jr/Sr High School scored proficient or above: 7% in reading in 2021-22 and 4% in math in 2022-23, against 29.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 26.6% in math in 2022-23 across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 7% | 6% | 29.9% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 4% | not published | 26.6% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
80-84% of the 109 students in Beardstown Jr/Sr High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 80‑84% | 80‑84% | 87.6% |
| Students in the class | 109 | 109 | 149,998 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
What to look at next about Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
- Rushville-Industry High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 11 miles away: 295 students, 12.4 per teacher (2024-25).11 mi
- Virginia Jr/ Sr High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 12 miles away: 156 students, 10.7 per teacher (2024-25).12 mi
- Compare Beardstown Jr/Sr High School with Rushville-Industry High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Beardstown CUSD 15 spends per student$12,096 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,096
- The largest public schools in IllinoisBeardstown Jr/Sr High School is the number 253 by size of 708 Illinois high schools open in 2024-25.#253 of 708
- Illinois schools by students per teacher15.6 students per teacher here against the Illinois median of 13.5 for high schools.15.6:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
How many students attend Beardstown Jr/Sr High School?
820 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 849 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Beardstown, IL.What is the student-teacher ratio at Beardstown Jr/Sr High School?
15.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Illinois median for high schools is 13.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Beardstown Jr/Sr High School a Title I school?
Beardstown Jr/Sr High School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Beardstown Jr/Sr High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Beardstown Jr/Sr High School scored proficient or above: 7% in reading in 2021-22 and 4% in math in 2022-23, against 29.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 26.6% in math in 2022-23 across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Beardstown Jr/Sr High School?
80-84% of the 109 students in Beardstown Jr/Sr High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Beardstown Jr/Sr High School in?
Beardstown CUSD 15, NCES district ID 1705310. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 170531000216 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.