Is Unity High School a good school?

Unity High School ranks 129 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Unity High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 528 students attended Unity High School.

What is the racial makeup of Unity High School?

Students at Unity High School are 90% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic, 2% African American.

What schools feed into Unity High School?

Unity High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Unity East Elementary : Unity West Middle : Unity Junior High School

Unity High School

Summary:

Unity High School is a public high school located in Tolono, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 528 students. The school is part of the Tolono CUSD 7 district, which is ranked 225 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Unity High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Illinois, ranking 129th out of 697 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance is particularly strong in science, with 70.8% of students proficient or better on the ISA/Science assessment in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 53.2%. However, the school's graduation rate has fluctuated over the years, ranging from a low of 75.6% in 2020-2021 to a high of 91.4% in 2019-2020. Additionally, Unity High School's performance for special education and disabled students is relatively weaker, ranking in the bottom 50% of Illinois high schools.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as Villa Grove High School and Urbana High School, Unity High School generally outperforms its peers in academic measures, such as test scores and graduation rates. This may be due to the school's relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (22.54% in 2022-2023), which is lower than the nearby Urbana High School (62.87%) and Centennial High School (51.52%). However, the school's recent increase in chronic absenteeism, from 10% in 2019-2020 to 35.5% in 2023-2024, is a concerning trend that the school and district should closely monitor and address.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1127 County Road 800 N
Tolono, IL 61880-9300

(217) 485-6230

District: Tolono CUSD 7

SchoolDigger Rank:
129^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,848

Feeder schools for Unity High School:

Elementary:	Unity East
	Unity West
Middle:	Unity Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.9

Number of students: 528

Racial breakdown:

White:

89.6%

Two or more races:

4.0%

Hispanic:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 22.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Unity High School ranks better than 81.5% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.38. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Unity 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 Unity High School is $12,848.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Unity High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Unity High School 129^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Unity High School in the ranking list.)

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Tolono CUSD 7:

SchoolDigger ranks Tolono CUSD 7 225^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Unity High School

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Rank History for all students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	75.72	126^th	586	78.5%
2004	79.73	88^th	592	85.1%
2005	73.67	147^th	590	75.1%
2006	66.60	197^th	596	66.9%
2007	68.35	195^th	612	68.1%
2008	71.53	168^th	624	73.1%
2009	68.38	205^th	632	67.6%
2010	65.80	235^th	643	63.5%
2011	63.04	276^th	655	57.9%
2012	57.67	316^th	665	52.5%
2013	71.99	186^th	670	72.2%
2014	81.53	118^th	670	82.4%
2015	71.34	137^th	614	77.7%
2016	70.07	113^th	643	82.4%
2017	73.86	132^nd	642	79.4%
2018	72.65	151^st	647	76.7%
2019	63.47	208^th	701	70.3%
2021	89.80	68^th	688	90.1%
2022	79.51	114^th	699	83.7%
2023	82.40	100^th	699	85.7%
2024	77.38	129^th	697	81.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	29.55	306^th	473	35.3%
2022	55.19	123^rd	493	75.1%
2023	29.72	302^nd	476	36.6%
2024	20.75	377^th	482	21.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.58	58^th	585	90.1%
2019	61.39	185^th	639	71.0%
2021	38.77	360^th	611	41.1%
2022	54.21	247^th	626	60.5%
2023	76.15	91^st	644	85.9%
2024	59.84	194^th	639	69.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.42	108^th	620	82.6%
2019	69.98	173^rd	665	74.0%
2021	96.40	31^st	639	95.1%
2022	82.99	95^th	658	85.6%
2023	82.95	93^rd	656	85.8%
2024	80.22	114^th	664	82.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	40.81	212^th	428	50.5%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	60.64	225^th	619	63.7%
2019	52.05	288^th	675	57.3%
2021	66.57	177^th	653	72.9%
2022	70.46	149^th	664	77.6%
2023	77.91	112^th	668	83.2%
2024	71.08	154^th	668	76.9%

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Rank History for White students at Unity High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.90	185^th	548	66.2%
2019	48.26	239^th	552	56.7%
2021	82.34	85^th	553	84.6%
2022	64.18	162^nd	560	71.1%
2023	71.31	135^th	557	75.8%
2024	68.80	144^th	554	74.0%

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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 Unity High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	410	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	412
1990	372	n/a	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	374
1991	373	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	374
1992	395	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	396
1993	406	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	406
1994	436	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	437
1995	418	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
1996	418	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
1997	410	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	411
1998	390	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	390
1999	427	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	428
2000	430	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	431
2001	438	1	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	0	445
2002	462	6	5	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	477
2003	462	6	5	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	477
2004	443	10	5	1	1	n/a	n/a	0	460
2005	455	2	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	7	466
2006	459	2	2	1	3	n/a	n/a	9	476
2007	444	1	4	1	3	n/a	n/a	14	467
2008	441	2	3	2	2	n/a	n/a	10	460
2009	449	5	7	5	1	n/a	n/a	9	476
2010	443	4	5	5	0	n/a	n/a	14	471
2011	422	4	5	9	0	0	14	0	454
2012	448	3	4	6	2	0	19	0	482
2013	435	2	2	5	2	0	16	0	462
2014	460	3	2	3	3	0	17	0	488
2015	476	0	3	0	5	0	15	0	499
2016	496	2	2	1	3	3	20	0	527
2017	517	3	3	1	3	4	24	0	555
2018	506	2	4	1	1	5	27	0	546
2019	489	5	3	6	0	4	28	0	535
2020	459	4	5	6	0	1	24	0	499
2021	479	5	5	10	0	3	22	0	524
2022	473	7	6	11	0	2	18	0	517
2023	473	10	4	18	0	2	21	0	528

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 Unity High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	412	27.7	14.8	n/a
1990	374	27.3	13.6	n/a
1991	374	27.5	13.6	n/a
1992	396	27.5	14.4	n/a
1993	406	25.5	15.9	n/a
1994	437	27.1	16.1	n/a
1995	418	27.4	15.3	n/a
1996	418	27.4	15.3	n/a
1997	411	29.7	13.8	n/a
1998	390	29.6	13.2	n/a
1999	428	30.0	14.3	n/a
2000	431	30.0	14.4	n/a
2001	445	31.0	14.4	n/a
2002	477	31.0	15.4	9.6
2003	477	31.0	15.4	9.6
2004	460	34.0	13.5	10.4
2005	466	32.0	14.6	11.8
2006	476	32.1	14.8	13.7
2007	467	29.0	16.1	15.2
2008	460	27.0	17.0	17.6
2009	476	33.5	14.2	16.3
2010	471	33.0	14.2	19.3
2011	454	31.0	14.6	22.2
2012	482	31.1	15.4	25.1
2013	462	n/a	n/a	28.6
2014	488	n/a	n/a	27.7
2015	499	34.0	14.6	24.8
2016	527	36.0	14.6	23.1
2017	555	38.1	14.5	25.4
2018	546	37.0	14.7	25.3
2019	535	38.1	14.0	24.7
2020	499	35.5	14.0	22
2021	524	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	517	35.4	14.6	21.3
2023	528	33.0	15.9	22.5

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 Unity High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	412	27.7	14.8	n/a
1990	374	27.3	13.6	n/a
1991	374	27.5	13.6	n/a
1992	396	27.5	14.4	n/a
1993	406	25.5	15.9	n/a
1994	437	27.1	16.1	n/a
1995	418	27.4	15.3	n/a
1996	418	27.4	15.3	n/a
1997	411	29.7	13.8	n/a
1998	390	29.6	13.2	n/a
1999	428	30.0	14.3	n/a
2000	431	30.0	14.4	n/a
2001	445	31.0	14.4	n/a
2002	477	31.0	15.4	9.6
2003	477	31.0	15.4	9.6
2004	460	34.0	13.5	10.4
2005	466	32.0	14.6	11.8
2006	476	32.1	14.8	13.7
2007	467	29.0	16.1	15.2
2008	460	27.0	17.0	17.6
2009	476	33.5	14.2	16.3
2010	471	33.0	14.2	19.3
2011	454	31.0	14.6	22.2
2012	482	31.1	15.4	25.1
2013	462	n/a	n/a	28.6
2014	488	n/a	n/a	27.7
2015	499	34.0	14.6	24.8
2016	527	36.0	14.6	23.1
2017	555	38.1	14.5	25.4
2018	546	37.0	14.7	25.3
2019	535	38.1	14.0	24.7
2020	499	35.5	14.0	22
2021	524	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	517	35.4	14.6	21.3
2023	528	33.0	15.9	22.5

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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