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Best Public Schools in Richland County, IL

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Schools

1,996

Students

Districts

Top rankedRichland County Middle School342^nd of 1,126 Illinois middle schools

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Biggest riser

Richland County Middle School up 51 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Richland County Middle School 13.7 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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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
Assist Taoep 12	Public	6-12	407 S Whittle Ave	Olney	62450	Richland County	Clay/Cwford/Jsper/Lwrnce/Rhland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(618) 455-3605	0	3	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Assist Rssp 12	Public	6-12	407 S Whittle Ave	Olney	62450	Richland County	Clay/Cwford/Jsper/Lwrnce/Rhland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(618) 455-3605	0	1	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Richland County High School	Public	9-12	1200 E Laurel St	Olney	62450	Richland County	Richland County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 393-2191	669	43	15.5	40.5%	609 (91.0%)	7 (1.0%)	21 (3.1%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.7%)	46.8	316^th of 620 public high schools	49.0%		59.4	254^th of 698 public high schools	63.6%	62	53.9	51.9	33.6	29.6	40.7	47.5	40.4	43.4	50.7																	99%		$13,505	$1,431	$12,075
Richland County Middle School	Public	6-8	1099 N Van St	Olney	62450	Richland County	Richland County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 395-4372	439	32	13.7	55.4%	401 (91.3%)	3 (0.7%)	14 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.6%)	65.6	342^nd of 1126 public middle schools	69.6%		67.7	393^rd of 1368 public middle schools	71.3%	51											52.6				76.1	69.3	77.4	74.2				45.9	42.5	52.9	46.9	98.7%		$12,878	$1,221	$11,657
Richland County Elementary School	Public	K-5	1001 N Holly Rd	Olney	62450	Richland County	Richland County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 395-8540	888	62	14.4	57.8%	798 (89.9%)	16 (1.8%)	34 (3.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.2%)	55.7	743^rd of 1737 public elementary schools	57.2%		62.5	753^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	63.4%	10										54.1		58.6	66.3	58.1				61.1	57.2	46.9	40.5				48.3	98.9%		$12,761	$1,376	$11,385
Rise Up Alternative School	Public	6-12	504 W Main St	Olney	62450	Richland County	Richland County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(618) 395-7259	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(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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