Summary:
Roanoke Benson CUSD 60 has one high school, Roanoke-Benson High School, serving grades 9–12 with 146 students. Its 2025–2026 results were generally stronger than Illinois averages: graduation was 92%, compared with 90% statewide, and chronic absenteeism was 4%, compared with 24% statewide. The most important academic finding is that the school scored above the state in eight of nine reported test comparisons, with grade 9 math the one exception.
Roanoke-Benson High School is the sole school-level standout, but there is no local top-versus-bottom comparison because it is the only high school in the list. Its clearest strength was English Language Arts (ELA): results averaged 19 percentage points above the state across the reported grades and exams; science averaged 15 points above. Math was less consistent, averaging 4 points above the state, including grade 9 PreACT math, which was 5 points below. SchoolDigger ranked the school 105th of 620 in 2025–2026, at the 83rd percentile, and gave it four stars.
Results changed in different directions by grade: grade 10 improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while grade 9 declined in all three. Grade 10 gains were 4 percentage points in ELA, 13 in math and 12 in science; grade 9 results fell 6, 16 and 15 points, respectively. Grade 11 ACT scores also declined, including a 10-point drop in math. Across all nine comparisons, the school’s average lead over Illinois narrowed from 15 percentage points to 13. SchoolDigger ranked it 82nd of 698 schools in 2024–2025 and 124th of 697 in 2023–2024, assigning four stars in both years as well. Context figures include a 9.2 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 19% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures describe the school; with no other school in the list, they do not show how its size or student context compares with local alternatives. Year-to-year scores are not results for the same students.
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