Is Beecher City Junior-Senior High School a good school?

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School ranks 136 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Beecher City Junior-Senior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 166 students attended Beecher City Junior-Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Beecher City Junior-Senior High School?

Students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School are 95% White, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into Beecher City Junior-Senior High School?

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Beecher City Grade School

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Summary:

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School is a public school serving grades 6-12 in Beecher City, Illinois, with 166 students. The school is part of the Beecher City CUSD 20 district, which is ranked 267 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School is a high-performing school that consistently ranks among the top in Illinois, particularly in academic achievement and graduation rates. The school's academic performance on standardized tests is generally above the state average, with 40.7% of 11th graders proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to the state average of 26.1%. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 81.0% to 92.3% over the past five years, significantly higher than the state's average. Despite having a relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, the school's performance for these students is among the top in the state, indicating its ability to support and elevate them.

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School's performance is particularly noteworthy when compared to nearby schools. For example, the school's 2023-2024 SAT Mathematics proficiency rate of 40.7% is significantly higher than the rates of Teutopolis High School (37%), Shelbyville High School (40.3%), and Brownstown High School (12%). However, the school has seen a concerning trend of increasing chronic absenteeism, which the school and district should address to ensure continued student success.

Detail:

Public 6-12

438 E State Highway 33
Beecher City, IL 62414-2219

(618) 487-5100

District: Beecher City CUSD 20

SchoolDigger Rank:
136^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,646

Feeder schools for Beecher City Junior-Senior High School:

Elementary:

Beecher City Grade School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.5

Number of students: 166

Racial breakdown:

White:

95.2%

African American:

2.4%

Asian:

1.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 41%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Beecher City Junior-Senior High School ranks better than 52.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.73. (See more...)

Compare Details Beecher City Junior-Senior High School ranks better than 80.5% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.24. (See more...)

The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Beecher City Junior-Senior High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School is $13,646.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Beecher City Junior-Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Beecher City Junior-Senior High School 645^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Beecher City Junior-Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Beecher City Junior-Senior High School 136^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Beecher City Junior-Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Beecher City CUSD 20:

SchoolDigger ranks Beecher City CUSD 20 267^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	60.51	517^th	1185	56.4%
2004	69.64	402^nd	1204	66.6%
2005	64.10	519^th	1209	57.1%
2006	63.41	519^th	1272	59.2%
2007	66.03	485^th	1287	62.3%
2008	57.38	660^th	1293	49.0%
2009	48.05	806^th	1318	38.8%
2010	51.91	758^th	1327	42.9%
2011	51.70	749^th	1344	44.3%
2012	51.15	779^th	1365	42.9%
2013	59.62	551^st	1367	59.7%
2014	42.21	794^th	1322	39.9%
2015	29.20	905^th	1302	30.5%
2016	33.37	842^nd	1294	34.9%
2017	39.52	753^rd	1293	41.8%
2018	45.78	662^nd	1293	48.8%
2019	51.11	611^th	1356	54.9%
2021	48.31	542^nd	1241	56.3%
2022	52.56	545^th	1369	60.2%
2023	58.67	458^th	1367	66.5%
2024	46.73	645^th	1363	52.7%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.12	379^th	1161	67.4%
2019	43.16	664^th	1217	45.4%
2021	74.38	129^th	1019	87.3%
2023	79.05	140^th	1234	88.7%
2024	48.69	540^th	1219	55.7%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.86	720^th	1226	41.3%
2019	59.74	461^st	1276	63.9%
2021	62.40	317^th	1017	68.8%
2022	43.19	658^th	1286	48.8%
2023	60.33	420^th	1275	67.1%
2024	48.49	578^th	1251	53.8%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.61	585^th	1223	52.2%
2019	42.98	672^nd	1296	48.1%
2021	43.96	510^th	1048	51.3%
2022	52.27	512^th	1286	60.2%
2023	55.29	481^st	1292	62.8%
2024	28.36	866^th	1264	31.5%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.26	643^rd	889	27.7%
2019	29.48	651^st	905	28.1%
2021	32.49	548^th	813	32.6%
2022	38.74	532^nd	898	40.8%
2023	34.74	592^nd	895	33.9%
2024	26.92	657^th	875	24.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	85.08	55^th	586	90.6%
2004	57.46	271^st	592	54.2%
2005	74.01	144^th	590	75.6%
2006	38.36	424^th	596	28.9%
2007	76.07	134^th	612	78.1%
2008	24.60	508^th	624	18.6%
2009	68.49	203^rd	632	67.9%
2010	73.81	150^th	643	76.7%
2011	71.47	199^th	655	69.6%
2012	44.68	418^th	665	37.1%
2013	53.92	346^th	670	48.4%
2014	59.41	290^th	670	56.7%
2015	81.84	67^th	614	89.1%
2016	60.06	178^th	643	72.3%
2017	55.54	270^th	642	57.9%
2018	86.41	70^th	647	89.2%
2019	56.68	277^th	701	60.5%
2021	46.78	329^th	688	52.2%
2022	64.06	220^th	699	68.5%
2023	80.59	112^th	699	84.0%
2024	76.24	136^th	697	80.5%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	74.21	97^th	611	84.1%
2022	73.67	102^nd	626	83.7%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.63	64^th	620	89.7%
2019	54.35	285^th	665	57.1%
2021	54.58	249^th	639	61.0%
2022	68.17	181^st	658	72.5%
2023	68.51	168^th	656	74.4%
2024	93.07	50^th	664	92.5%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	29.42	451^st	653	30.9%
2022	58.06	244^th	664	63.3%
2023	92.02	48^th	668	92.8%
2024	48.06	313^th	668	53.1%

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Rank History for high school White students at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	77.98	105^th	548	80.8%
2019	38.20	320^th	552	42.0%
2021	37.03	316^th	553	42.9%
2022	50.66	253^rd	560	54.8%
2023	72.19	127^th	557	77.2%
2024	60.73	178^th	554	67.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	170	n/a	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	172
1990	177	n/a	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	178
1991	181	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	181
1992	178	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	178
1993	194	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	194
1994	191	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	193
1995	202	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	204
1996	202	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	204
1997	200	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	200
1998	204	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	204
1999	207	0	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	211
2000	210	0	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	214
2001	224	1	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	230
2002	239	1	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	242
2003	239	1	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	242
2004	234	1	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	239
2005	233	0	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	236
2006	220	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	220
2007	214	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	215
2008	217	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	1	220
2009	212	0	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	216
2010	197	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	3	201
2011	190	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	192
2012	185	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	187
2013	183	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	185
2014	189	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	192
2015	169	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	173
2016	163	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	166
2017	153	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	160
2018	147	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	150
2019	152	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	157
2020	146	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	150
2021	157	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	166
2022	166	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	175
2023	158	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	166

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	172	14.0	12.2	n/a
1990	178	14.0	12.7	n/a
1991	181	15.0	12.0	n/a
1992	178	13.0	13.6	n/a
1993	194	14.0	13.9	n/a
1994	193	16.0	12.1	n/a
1995	204	13.3	15.3	n/a
1996	204	13.3	15.3	n/a
1997	200	15.5	12.9	n/a
1998	204	15.5	13.2	n/a
1999	211	16.0	13.2	n/a
2000	214	15.1	14.2	n/a
2001	230	16.0	14.4	n/a
2002	242	15.0	16.1	22.7
2003	242	15.0	16.1	22.7
2004	239	15.0	15.9	23.4
2005	236	15.0	15.7	24.6
2006	220	15.0	14.7	24.1
2007	215	14.0	15.4	27.4
2008	220	14.0	15.7	24.7
2009	216	14.0	15.4	25.5
2010	201	13.0	15.4	29.3
2011	192	14.0	13.7	32.8
2012	187	14.0	13.3	32.6
2013	185	18.9	9.7	38.4
2014	192	13.5	14.2	46.4
2015	173	14.0	12.3	50.3
2016	166	16.0	10.3	48.2
2017	160	15.0	10.6	49.4
2018	150	15.0	10.0	44
2019	157	14.5	10.8	41.4
2020	150	16.0	9.3	47.3
2021	166	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	175	14.8	11.7	36.6
2023	166	15.7	10.5	41

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Beecher City Junior-Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	172	14.0	12.2	n/a
1990	178	14.0	12.7	n/a
1991	181	15.0	12.0	n/a
1992	178	13.0	13.6	n/a
1993	194	14.0	13.9	n/a
1994	193	16.0	12.1	n/a
1995	204	13.3	15.3	n/a
1996	204	13.3	15.3	n/a
1997	200	15.5	12.9	n/a
1998	204	15.5	13.2	n/a
1999	211	16.0	13.2	n/a
2000	214	15.1	14.2	n/a
2001	230	16.0	14.4	n/a
2002	242	15.0	16.1	22.7
2003	242	15.0	16.1	22.7
2004	239	15.0	15.9	23.4
2005	236	15.0	15.7	24.6
2006	220	15.0	14.7	24.1
2007	215	14.0	15.4	27.4
2008	220	14.0	15.7	24.7
2009	216	14.0	15.4	25.5
2010	201	13.0	15.4	29.3
2011	192	14.0	13.7	32.8
2012	187	14.0	13.3	32.6
2013	185	18.9	9.7	38.4
2014	192	13.5	14.2	46.4
2015	173	14.0	12.3	50.3
2016	166	16.0	10.3	48.2
2017	160	15.0	10.6	49.4
2018	150	15.0	10.0	44
2019	157	14.5	10.8	41.4
2020	150	16.0	9.3	47.3
2021	166	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	175	14.8	11.7	36.6
2023	166	15.7	10.5	41

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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