High Schools in New Berlin CUSD 16

Summary:

New Berlin CUSD 16 is a school district in Illinois that contains only one high school, New Berlin High School. The school serves grades 9-12 and is the sole provider of public high school education for the New Berlin area.

New Berlin High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 187th out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 to 243rd out of 698 in 2024-2025. The school's graduation rate of 89.0% for the 2024-2025 school year is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 2.4% is slightly higher. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average.

Academically, New Berlin High School's proficiency rates in ACT/English Language Arts (48.5%), ACT/Mathematics (33.3%), and ACT/Science (42.4%) were all below the state averages for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's proficiency rates in other assessments, such as PreACT Secure and SAT, also trailed the state averages. However, the school's per-student spending of $16,755 for the 2023-2024 school year was higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 12.4 was slightly lower.

District Detail

600 N Cedar St
New Berlin, IL 62670-4608

(217) 488-2040

SchoolDigger Rank:
242^nd of 811 Illinois districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 863

Primary Schools: 1
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
New Berlin High School	Public	9-12	300 W Ellis St	New Berlin	62670	Sangamon County	New Berlin CUSD 16	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 488-6012	256	20	12.9	26.2%	237 (92.6%)	5 (2.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	60.7	243^rd of 698 public high schools	65.2%		62.2	211^th of 697 public high schools	69.7%	32	70.2	61.4	36.8	28.1	38.6	61.4	48.5	33.3	42.4	99.6	98.8	98.8	98.8	99.2	98.8	99.6	96.3	$17,019	$490	$16,530

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	9.12 mi	3	181^st
Waverly CUSD 6	9.76 mi	2	735^th
Franklin CUSD 1	10.2 mi	3	359^th
Springfield School District 186	10.31 mi	34	714^th
Ball Chatham CUSD 5	11.44 mi	6	141^st

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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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