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Schools in Ford County, IL

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Schools

2,464

Students

Districts

Top rankedGCMS High School133^rd of 620 Illinois high schools

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Biggest riser

Tri-Point Junior High/Elementary up 247 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Tri-Point Junior High/Elementary 9.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or 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
GCMS High School	Public	9-12	815 N Church St	Gibson City	60936	Ford County	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 784-4292	275	23	12.0	35.6%	247 (89.8%)	4 (1.5%)	11 (4.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	72.1	133^rd of 620 public high schools	78.5%		65.1	209^th of 698 public high schools	70.1%	76	64.0	60.3	50.7	36.2	50.7	48.3	69.6	58.9	67.9																	98.6%		$19,113	$946	$18,168
GCMS Middle School	Public	6-8	316 E 19th St	Gibson City	60936	Ford County	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 784-8731	211	21	10.1	38.9%	176 (83.4%)	1 (0.5%)	21 (10.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.7%)	66.3	333^rd of 1126 public middle schools	70.4%		73.6	319^th of 1368 public middle schools	76.7%	14											71.7				79.7	68.9	78.3	75.8				37.7	43.3	41.7	40.7	98.6%		$18,297	$946	$17,351
GCMS Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	902 N Church St	Gibson City	60936	Ford County	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 784-4278	489	44	11.1	50.1%	411 (84.0%)	3 (0.6%)	51 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.7%)	54.1	767^th of 1737 public elementary schools	55.8%		63.5	734^th of 2056 public elementary schools	64.3%	33										64.3		57.6	59.7	64.8				60.8	62.1	38.9	28.2				42.6	97.6%		$18,736	$946	$17,790
Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School	Public	9-12	700 Panther Way	Paxton	60957	Ford County	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 379-4331	378	34	11.1	44.4%	324 (85.7%)	3 (0.8%)	33 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.8%)	58.4	227^th of 620 public high schools	63.4%		73.3	152^nd of 698 public high schools	78.2%	75	61.4	58.8	50.6	44.7	38.6	54.1	49.4	36.5	45.9																	98.8%		$20,150	$1,356	$18,794
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School	Public	6-8	700 Panther Way	Paxton	60957	Ford County	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 379-9202	288	25	11.5	48.3%	228 (79.2%)	5 (1.7%)	36 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.6%)	56.5	447^th of 1126 public middle schools	60.3%		64.6	429^th of 1368 public middle schools	68.6%	18											54.7				60.2	69.0	71.7	67.0				36.6	50.0	40.2	42.5	98.6%		$17,219	$1,341	$15,878
Clara Peterson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	580 E Franklin St	Paxton	60957	Ford County	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 379-2531	564	44	12.7	39.9%	465 (82.4%)	5 (0.9%)	57 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	33 (5.9%)	31.7	1161^st of 1737 public elementary schools	33.2%		43.2	1136^th of 2056 public elementary schools	44.7%	25										34.4		42.2	50.0	48.9				46.9	54.9	43.6	19.4				39.8	96.7%		$13,484	$1,343	$12,141
Panther Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	430 S High St	Paxton	60957	Ford County	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(217) 379-3314	0	1	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Tri-Point Junior High/Elementary	Public	4-8	519 S Margaret Ave	Piper City	60959	Ford County	Tri Point CUSD 6-J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 686-2247	129	13	9.9	96.1%	106 (82.2%)	3 (2.3%)	12 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.4%)	58.2	417^th of 1126 public middle schools	63.0%		47.3	664^th of 1368 public middle schools	51.5%	247										42.3	45.8		51.6	50.0	55.6	60.6	79.2	59.1		58.1	65.4	61.1	45.5		53.0	88.3%		$23,288	$10,357	$12,932
Tri Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	101 Main St	Kempton	60946	Ford County	Tri Point CUSD 6-J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 253-6299	116	10	11.3	84.5%	93 (80.2%)	3 (2.6%)	15 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	4 (3.4%)								(n/a)																			57.1						57.1	92.4%		$28,963	$12,684	$16,279
Heritage Preparatory Academy	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	6-12	110 E State Route 54	Roberts	60962	Ford County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(217) 249-2282	14	0	46.6	—	10 (71.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (14.3%)								(n/a)

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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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