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Best Public Schools in Clay County, IL

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At a glance

Schools

2,130

Students

Districts

Top rankedFloyd Henson Junior High School305^th of 1,126 Illinois middle schools

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Biggest riser

North Clay Elementary/Junior High School up 292 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Clay City Elementary School 9.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clay City Junior High School	Public	6-8	607 S Walnut S. E.	Clay City	62824	Clay County	Clay City CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 676-1431	60	6	9.5	46.7%	60 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															55.0			42.2								90%		$22,775	$2,830	$19,945
Clay City High School	Public	9-12	607 S Walnut S. E.	Clay City	62824	Clay County	Clay City CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 676-1431	68	8	8.5	54.4%	67 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	65.4																									95.9%		$19,346	$671	$18,674
Clay City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	607 South Walnut S. E.	Clay City	62824	Clay County	Clay City CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 676-1431	125	13	9.5	59.2%	121 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)								(n/a)										58.8								46.0							36.0	89.5%		$18,716	$1,690	$17,026
Flora High School	Public	9-12	600 S Locust St	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 662-8316	353	30	11.9	43.9%	331 (93.8%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	42.8	361^st of 620 public high schools	41.8%		62.2	233^rd of 698 public high schools	66.6%	128	55.1	58.5	28.1	32.9	36.0	34.1	50.6	32.1	46.9																	98.6%		$14,922	$532	$14,389
Floyd Henson Junior High School	Public	6-8	609 N Stanford Rd	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 662-8394	295	23	12.7	56.9%	272 (92.2%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	69	305^th of 1126 public middle schools	72.9%		79.4	251^st of 1368 public middle schools	81.7%	54											48.0				77.2	78.3	89.0	82.1				46.8	54.2	42.0	47.3	99.3%		$13,056	$423	$12,632
Flora Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	445 Emory St	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 662-2014	672	51	13.3	61.2%	604 (89.9%)	5 (0.7%)	41 (6.1%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.2%)	55.4	751^st of 1737 public elementary schools	56.8%		69.7	608^th of 2056 public elementary schools	70.4%	143										47.9		56.8	72.3	60.6				63.3	61.1	56.4	25.5				47.7	96.4%		$12,667	$423	$12,244
North Clay Community High School	Public	9-12	500 Rte 45 N	Louisville	62858	Clay County	North Clay CUSD 25	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 665-3102	178	16	11.0	44.4%	169 (94.9%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	27	467^th of 620 public high schools	24.7%		28.2	515^th of 698 public high schools	26.2%	48	46.2	32.6	25.6		35.9	30.4	40.0		43.3																	98.2%		$16,970	$133	$16,837
North Clay Elementary/Junior High School	Public	PK, KG-8	550 Route 45 N	Louisville	62858	Clay County	North Clay CUSD 25	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 665-3393	379	34	11.1	37.2%	349 (92.1%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	47.7	875^th of 1737 public elementary schools	49.6%		41.9	1167^th of 2056 public elementary schools	43.2%	292										53.1	55.9	64.7	52.2	81.3	40.6	40.0	61.8	56.7	50.0	39.1	34.4		33.3	38.2	36.5	95.1%		$14,919	$860	$14,059

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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