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Beardstown Junior/Senior High School

Public Grades 5-12
483rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 698 Illinois High Schools
Better than 31% of Illinois high schools
Summary

Beardstown Junior/Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 5-12 with a total enrollment of 837 students in Beardstown, Illinois. The school is part of the Beardstown CUSD 15 district, which is ranked 785 out of 811 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Beardstown Junior/Senior High School consistently underperforms compared to the state average on standardized tests, with only 25.2% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 10.7% proficient or better in mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year. The school also has a slightly lower 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a higher dropout rate of 2.4% compared to the state average. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, the school performs relatively better for African American and English Language Learner students compared to other subgroups. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 123 out of 323 Illinois high schools for African American students and 140 out of 284 Illinois high schools for English Language Learner students, both receiving 3 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger. However, when compared to nearby high schools, such as Triopia Junior-Senior High School, Beardstown Junior/Senior High School is underperforming on academic measures, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.

820
Students ?
15.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,716
Per pupil spending ?
77.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 500 E 15th St
       Beardstown, IL  62618-2052

(217) 323-3665

District: Beardstown CUSD 15


Feeder schools for Beardstown Junior/Senior High School:

Elementary:    Gard Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
55.1%
White:
27.6%
African American:
11.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2015 → 31st in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 22 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (30% vs 47% meeting standards)
!Graduation rate below the Illinois average (79% vs 89%)
!English Language Arts scores 28 pts below the Illinois average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school30%
District avg30%
Illinois avg47%
Middle school
1,186th of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 13%▲ up 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
483rd of 698
Illinois public high schools ?
Bottom 31%▲ up 22 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
785th of 811Beardstown CUSD 15 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.41186 of 136813.3%★☆☆☆☆
202413.51257 of 13637.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.21156 of 136715.4%★☆☆☆☆
202215.91218 of 136911.0%★☆☆☆☆
202113.01169 of 12415.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.51167 of 135613.9%★☆☆☆☆
201813.71173 of 12939.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.01233 of 12934.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.51213 of 12946.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.61231 of 13025.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201414.11194 of 13229.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201317.41183 of 136713.5%★☆☆☆☆
201219.21178 of 136513.7%★☆☆☆☆
201112.21232 of 13448.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201024.81077 of 132718.8%★☆☆☆☆
200924.81056 of 131819.9%★☆☆☆☆
200822.51062 of 129317.9%★☆☆☆☆
200740.0889 of 128730.9%★★☆☆☆
200635.4925 of 127227.3%★☆☆☆☆
200532.3875 of 120927.6%★☆☆☆☆
200431.6872 of 120427.6%★☆☆☆☆
200322.3925 of 118521.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202348.6232 of 56959.2%★★★☆☆
202132.3274 of 38528.8%★☆☆☆☆
201934.5370 of 56534.5%★★☆☆☆
201826.9410 of 51119.8%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.6569 of 69418.0%★☆☆☆☆
202424.1569 of 63911.0%★☆☆☆☆
202321.4645 of 6744.3%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202533.5337 of 48330.2%★★☆☆☆
202427.3422 of 48613.2%★☆☆☆☆
202323.0461 of 4804.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202230.8385 of 45415.2%★☆☆☆☆
202130.7242 of 27712.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201940.2207 of 33938.9%★★☆☆☆
201837.3183 of 28535.8%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202514.31107 of 124811.3%★☆☆☆☆
202411.11203 of 12513.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.51180 of 12757.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.21132 of 128612.0%★☆☆☆☆
202110.0993 of 10172.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.71143 of 127610.4%★☆☆☆☆
201814.31105 of 12269.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.2597 of 66910.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.0606 of 6435.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.3598 of 6619.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.0640 of 6623.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.6509 of 5171.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.7620 of 6393.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.7569 of 5903.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.31059 of 122913.8%★☆☆☆☆
202416.01129 of 12197.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.71134 of 12348.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.61046 of 122114.3%★☆☆☆☆
202119.2931 of 10198.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.51065 of 121712.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.01063 of 11618.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.41046 of 127117.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.11104 of 126412.7%★☆☆☆☆
202323.3996 of 129222.9%★☆☆☆☆
202217.61116 of 128613.2%★☆☆☆☆
202113.9982 of 10486.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.41074 of 129617.1%★☆☆☆☆
201814.61106 of 12239.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.2755 of 8127.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.1765 of 8024.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.2768 of 8054.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202230.4585 of 78125.1%★☆☆☆☆
202125.6501 of 5488.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.8647 of 79218.3%★☆☆☆☆
201829.8434 of 60227.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20256.7865 of 8842.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.5853 of 8752.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.0827 of 8957.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.1874 of 8982.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.8810 of 8130.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.4889 of 9051.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.8880 of 8891.0%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202535.0483 of 69830.8%★★☆☆☆
202417.3577 of 69717.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.2539 of 69922.9%★☆☆☆☆
202227.5511 of 69926.9%★☆☆☆☆
202120.0557 of 68819.0%★☆☆☆☆
201920.5560 of 70120.1%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0565 of 64712.7%★☆☆☆☆
201720.9523 of 64218.5%★☆☆☆☆
201611.3609 of 6435.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201514.2559 of 6149.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201422.7532 of 67020.6%★☆☆☆☆
201318.5548 of 67018.2%★☆☆☆☆
201223.9533 of 66519.8%★☆☆☆☆
201125.6516 of 65521.2%★☆☆☆☆
201021.3524 of 64318.5%★☆☆☆☆
200917.6535 of 63215.3%★☆☆☆☆
200838.5443 of 62429.0%★☆☆☆☆
200732.1464 of 61224.2%★☆☆☆☆
200620.8495 of 59616.9%★☆☆☆☆
200527.8478 of 59019.0%★☆☆☆☆
200418.9504 of 59214.9%★☆☆☆☆
200343.4393 of 58632.9%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202552.8123 of 32361.9%★★★☆☆
202431.2199 of 29933.4%★★☆☆☆
202328.7215 of 30128.6%★☆☆☆☆
202137.7146 of 28148.0%★★☆☆☆
201926.2228 of 29923.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202427.0261 of 42939.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.8326 of 42823.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202543.2140 of 28450.7%★★★☆☆
202428.6158 of 24836.3%★★☆☆☆
202334.6139 of 21735.9%★★☆☆☆
202241.3109 of 20546.8%★★☆☆☆
202145.567 of 18964.6%★★★☆☆
201929.6141 of 18323.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201843.460 of 15160.3%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.1535 of 68521.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.0548 of 66417.5%★☆☆☆☆
202321.5514 of 65621.6%★☆☆☆☆
202222.5509 of 65822.6%★☆☆☆☆
202122.1489 of 63923.5%★☆☆☆☆
201923.6510 of 66523.3%★☆☆☆☆
201821.3504 of 62018.7%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202541.4206 of 36643.7%★★☆☆☆
202417.9291 of 33613.4%★☆☆☆☆
202322.3274 of 33317.7%★☆☆☆☆
202231.4232 of 33530.7%★★☆☆☆
202127.4232 of 31726.8%★☆☆☆☆
201919.4271 of 31714.5%★☆☆☆☆
201825.0230 of 29121.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202543.3395 of 67241.2%★★☆☆☆
202418.2551 of 63913.8%★☆☆☆☆
202325.8500 of 64422.4%★☆☆☆☆
202242.2360 of 62642.5%★★☆☆☆
202134.0408 of 61133.2%★★☆☆☆
201925.4499 of 63921.9%★☆☆☆☆
201826.9469 of 58519.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202544.9373 of 68545.5%★★☆☆☆
202418.3543 of 66818.7%★☆☆☆☆
202327.8488 of 66826.9%★☆☆☆☆
202232.5451 of 66432.1%★★☆☆☆
202118.0537 of 65317.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.6562 of 67516.7%★☆☆☆☆
201810.5565 of 6198.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202420.8377 of 48221.8%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1375 of 47621.2%★☆☆☆☆
202242.6204 of 49358.6%★★★☆☆
202129.3270 of 45340.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.6306 of 47335.3%★☆☆☆☆
201827.2248 of 37433.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202533.6371 of 56434.2%★★☆☆☆
202410.9527 of 5544.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.5476 of 55714.5%★☆☆☆☆
202227.4423 of 56024.5%★☆☆☆☆
202112.1521 of 5535.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.0467 of 55215.4%★☆☆☆☆
20185.8543 of 5480.9%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
African American (2023)59th percentile+44 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)30th percentile+17 vs school
Disabled (2025)18th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2025)18th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile~ school
Female (2025)11th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile-6 vs school
White (2025)2nd percentile-11 vs school
High school
African American (2025)62nd percentile+31 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)51st percentile+20 vs school
Male (2025)46th percentile+15 vs school
Hispanic (2025)44th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)41st percentile+10 vs school
Disabled (2024)39th percentile+22 vs school
White (2025)34th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)22nd percentile-9 vs school
Special Education (2024)22nd percentile+5 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Science28%-15 vs state
English Language Arts25%-28 vs state
Mathematics11%-28 vs state

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Beardstown Junior/Senior High School ranks 483rd of 698 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 820 students attended Beardstown Junior/Senior High School.

Students at Beardstown Junior/Senior High School are 55% Hispanic, 28% White, 12% African American, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Beardstown Junior/Senior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Gard Elementary School


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