Is Bunker Hill High School a good school?

Bunker Hill High School ranks 197 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Bunker Hill High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 216 students attended Bunker Hill High School.

What is the racial makeup of Bunker Hill High School?

Students at Bunker Hill High School are 90% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% Hispanic.

What schools feed into Bunker Hill High School?

Bunker Hill High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Wolf Ridge Education Center

Bunker Hill High School

Summary:

Bunker Hill High School is a public high school located in Bunker Hill, Illinois, serving grades 8-12 with a total enrollment of 216 students. The school is part of the Bunker Hill CUSD 8 district, which is ranked 507 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bunker Hill High School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 197th out of 697 Illinois high schools (4-star rating) in 2023-2024 to 512th out of 699 (1-star rating) in 2022-2023, indicating significant variability in the school's performance compared to other high schools in the state. The school also struggles with the performance of special education students and low socioeconomic status students, ranking in the bottom quartile of Illinois high schools for these subgroups. Additionally, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.1% in 2019-2020 to 23.0% in 2021-2022, which may be impacting its overall academic performance.

Compared to nearby high schools, such as Civic Memorial High School, Mt. Olive High School, and Staunton High School, Bunker Hill High School's performance is generally lower, with lower statewide rankings, graduation rates, and academic performance. The school's spending per student, ranging from $9,691 to $13,504, is also lower than the spending at some nearby high-performing schools, such as East Alton-Wood River High School ($17,974) and Alton High School ($13,183).

Detail:

Public 8-12

314 S Meissner St
Bunker Hill, IL 62014-1314

(618) 585-3232

District: Bunker Hill CUSD 8

SchoolDigger Rank:
197^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,092

Feeder schools for Bunker Hill High School:

Elementary:

Wolf Ridge Education Center

Student/teacher ratio: 12.1

Number of students: 216

Racial breakdown:

White:

90.3%

Two or more races:

3.7%

African American:

3.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 38.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bunker Hill High School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.62. (See more...)

Compare Details Bunker Hill High School ranks better than 71.7% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.27. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Bunker Hill High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

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

Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Bunker Hill High School is $14,092.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Bunker Hill High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bunker Hill High School 197^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Bunker Hill High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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White students:

Bunker Hill CUSD 8:

SchoolDigger ranks Bunker Hill CUSD 8 507^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bunker Hill High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.26	542^nd	1293	58.1%
2019	48.81	636^th	1356	53.1%
2022	49.66	596^th	1369	56.5%
2023	46.62	656^th	1367	52.0%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.04	484^th	1161	58.3%
2019	57.00	432^nd	1217	64.5%
2022	61.53	336^th	1221	72.5%
2023	48.03	575^th	1234	53.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.93	400^th	1226	67.4%
2019	44.83	662^nd	1276	48.1%
2022	50.59	539^th	1286	58.1%
2023	37.94	752^nd	1275	41.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.18	671^st	1223	45.1%
2019	51.39	559^th	1296	56.9%
2022	48.39	569^th	1286	55.8%
2023	53.07	521^st	1292	59.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.46	567^th	889	36.2%
2019	23.52	726^th	905	19.8%
2022	33.08	603^rd	898	32.9%
2023	26.41	695^th	895	22.3%

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

Rank History for Bunker Hill High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	77.63	109^th	586	81.4%
2004	30.54	464^th	592	21.6%
2005	74.31	141^st	590	76.1%
2006	70.25	167^th	596	72.0%
2007	73.07	164^th	612	73.2%
2008	61.12	270^th	624	56.7%
2009	60.93	271^st	632	57.1%
2010	66.02	233^rd	643	63.8%
2011	35.79	465^th	655	29.0%
2012	71.12	182^nd	665	72.6%
2013	72.70	179^th	670	73.3%
2014	54.06	331^st	670	50.6%
2015	43.23	325^th	614	47.1%
2016	50.67	276^th	643	57.1%
2017	43.97	362^nd	642	43.6%
2018	42.88	384^th	647	40.6%
2019	48.91	349^th	701	50.2%
2021	44.56	345^th	688	49.9%
2022	41.05	413^th	699	40.9%
2023	27.42	512^th	699	26.8%
2024	64.27	197^th	697	71.7%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	44.02	177^th	473	62.6%
2024	20.75	377^th	482	21.8%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.28	285^th	585	51.3%
2019	40.40	375^th	639	41.3%
2021	55.53	207^th	611	66.1%
2022	44.36	337^th	626	46.2%
2023	13.86	583^rd	644	9.5%
2024	35.79	390^th	639	39.0%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.06	213^th	620	65.6%
2019	48.94	338^th	665	49.2%
2021	58.53	229^th	639	64.2%
2022	38.15	409^th	658	37.8%
2023	23.27	498^th	656	24.1%
2024	43.61	342^nd	664	48.5%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.94	488^th	619	21.2%
2019	46.61	337^th	675	50.1%
2021	30.05	441^st	653	32.5%
2022	42.44	382^nd	664	42.5%
2023	31.10	469^th	668	29.8%
2024	75.04	137^th	668	79.5%

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Rank History for high school White students at Bunker Hill High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.48	399^th	548	27.2%
2019	35.54	343^rd	552	37.9%
2021	32.94	351^st	553	36.5%
2022	27.87	417^th	560	25.5%
2023	11.45	525^th	557	5.7%
2024	48.21	243^rd	554	56.1%

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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 Bunker Hill High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	257	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	265
1990	237	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	243
1991	251	3	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	255
1992	234	5	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	241
1993	234	6	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	241
1994	246	7	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	254
1995	219	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	223
1996	219	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	223
1997	219	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	223
1998	214	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	218
1999	237	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	238
2000	233	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	235
2001	227	4	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	232
2002	209	4	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	216
2003	209	4	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	216
2004	224	1	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	231
2005	224	2	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	230
2006	225	2	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	230
2007	226	6	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	239
2008	213	6	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	222
2009	231	8	0	1	1	n/a	n/a	0	241
2010	215	6	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	5	228
2011	217	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	223
2012	217	4	0	1	0	0	5	0	227
2013	191	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	201
2014	195	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	202
2015	189	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	200
2016	178	2	0	0	0	2	11	0	193
2017	177	3	0	3	0	0	6	0	189
2018	209	4	0	3	0	0	2	0	218
2019	207	4	0	3	0	0	6	0	220
2020	203	2	1	5	0	2	0	0	213
2021	207	4	1	4	2	2	3	0	223
2022	203	5	0	7	1	0	9	0	225
2023	195	7	0	6	0	0	8	0	216

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 Bunker Hill High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	265	15.0	17.6	n/a
1990	243	13.5	18.0	n/a
1991	255	13.5	18.8	n/a
1992	241	13.5	17.8	n/a
1993	241	13.5	17.9	n/a
1994	254	13.5	18.8	n/a
1995	223	14.0	15.9	n/a
1996	223	14.0	15.9	n/a
1997	223	14.0	15.9	n/a
1998	218	14.0	15.6	n/a
1999	238	14.0	17.0	n/a
2000	235	15.0	15.7	n/a
2001	232	16.0	14.5	n/a
2002	216	16.0	13.5	20.8
2003	216	16.0	13.5	20.8
2004	231	17.0	13.6	19
2005	230	17.0	13.5	21.3
2006	230	16.0	14.4	21.7
2007	239	19.0	12.6	20.9
2008	222	17.0	13.1	25.7
2009	241	16.0	15.1	26.6
2010	228	17.0	13.4	34.1
2011	223	16.5	13.5	35
2012	227	15.0	15.1	6.2
2013	201	22.4	8.9	41.3
2014	202	16.0	12.6	40.6
2015	200	16.0	12.5	40.5
2016	193	16.0	12.0	45.1
2017	189	16.7	11.2	40.2
2018	218	18.6	11.7	47.7
2019	220	17.3	12.6	42.7
2020	213	18.3	11.6	42.7
2021	223	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	225	17.5	12.8	43.1
2023	216	17.7	12.1	38.9

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 Bunker Hill High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	265	15.0	17.6	n/a
1990	243	13.5	18.0	n/a
1991	255	13.5	18.8	n/a
1992	241	13.5	17.8	n/a
1993	241	13.5	17.9	n/a
1994	254	13.5	18.8	n/a
1995	223	14.0	15.9	n/a
1996	223	14.0	15.9	n/a
1997	223	14.0	15.9	n/a
1998	218	14.0	15.6	n/a
1999	238	14.0	17.0	n/a
2000	235	15.0	15.7	n/a
2001	232	16.0	14.5	n/a
2002	216	16.0	13.5	20.8
2003	216	16.0	13.5	20.8
2004	231	17.0	13.6	19
2005	230	17.0	13.5	21.3
2006	230	16.0	14.4	21.7
2007	239	19.0	12.6	20.9
2008	222	17.0	13.1	25.7
2009	241	16.0	15.1	26.6
2010	228	17.0	13.4	34.1
2011	223	16.5	13.5	35
2012	227	15.0	15.1	6.2
2013	201	22.4	8.9	41.3
2014	202	16.0	12.6	40.6
2015	200	16.0	12.5	40.5
2016	193	16.0	12.0	45.1
2017	189	16.7	11.2	40.2
2018	218	18.6	11.7	47.7
2019	220	17.3	12.6	42.7
2020	213	18.3	11.6	42.7
2021	223	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	225	17.5	12.8	43.1
2023	216	17.7	12.1	38.9

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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