High Schools in Bethalto CUSD 8

Summary:

Bethalto CUSD 8 is a school district in Illinois that contains a single high school, Civic Memorial High School. This school serves students in grades 9-12 and has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking and performance rating over the past few years, ranging from 190th out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 284th out of 699 in 2022-2023.

Civic Memorial High School's academic performance is mixed, with proficiency rates in some subjects like ACT/English Language Arts and ACT/Science slightly below state averages, but strengths in areas like PreACT Secure/English Language Arts and ISA/Science. The school's four-year graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly above the state average, while its dropout rate of 2.4% is lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is higher than the state average.

Demographically, Bethalto CUSD 8 has a student-teacher ratio of 14.9 and per-student spending of $12,329 for the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, 40.29% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which may be a factor in its academic performance.

District Detail

101 School St
Bethalto, IL 62010-1005

(618) 377-7200

SchoolDigger Rank:
456^th of 811 Illinois districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,368

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Civic Memorial High School	Public	9-12	200 School St	Bethalto	62010	Madison County	Bethalto CUSD 8	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 377-7220	760	51	14.8	42.6%	660 (86.8%)	15 (2.0%)	39 (5.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.7%)	59.7	251^st of 698 public high schools	64.0%		65.6	190^th of 697 public high schools	72.7%	61	55.6	61.8	34.9	33.9	40.8	49.5	50.5	39.5	48.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.7	$12,741	$362	$12,380

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Region III Special Educational Coop	0.04 mi	7
East Alton School District 13	3.17 mi	3	707^th
East Alton-Wood River CHSD 14	3.61 mi	1	738^th
Wood River-Hartford Education Service District 15	3.8 mi	3	670^th
Roxana CUSD 1	3.96 mi	4	552^nd

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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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