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Best High Schools in Zip Code 61401

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At a glance

Schools

1,158

Students

Districts

Top rankedGalesburg Senior High School468^th of 620 Illinois high schools

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Smallest classes

Galesburg Senior High School 14.7 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 61401 has one high school, Galesburg Senior High School, serving grades 9–12 in Galesburg. It enrolls 1,158 students, so families have no other high school in this list to compare it with. In 2025–2026, all nine reported subject-and-grade proficiency results were below the corresponding state results, making that the clearest overall finding for this area.

The school’s strongest result relative to the state was grade 11 ELA: 44% proficient, 6 points below the state. Its largest gap was grade 10 science, at 31% compared with 48% statewide, or 18 points below; grade 10 math was also far behind, at 19% versus 36%, a gap of 18 points. The highest individual result was grade 9 ELA at 48%, while the lowest was grade 10 math at 19%. Across the three reported grades, average gaps were 12 points below the state in ELA, 15 in math and 15 in science, so ELA was comparatively stronger, though still behind.

Recent results show a particular concern in grade 10: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, scores fell 8 points in ELA, 7 in math and 13 in science, while grade 9 ELA and math improved by 3 and 9 points. Across the two years, the average state gap widened in all three subjects, most in science, by 4 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile also declined from 48th in 2023–2024 to 25th in 2025–2026, and its latest rating was 1 star, down from 2 stars in each of the prior two years. For context, 70% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 14.7:1 that year; neither figure explains the test results.

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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)	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	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
RAES West	Public	6-12	932 Harrison St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 734-3818	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Raes Rssp	Public	6-12	932 Harrison St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 345-3828	0	2	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
RAES West Alt Educational	Public	6-12	932 Harrison St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 734-3818	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
RAES Night School	Public	6-12	932 Harrison St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 345-3828	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
RAES East Alt Educational	Public	6-12	932 Harrison St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 345-3828	0	0	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Galesburg Area Vocational Center	Public	10-12	1135 W Fremont St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 973-2005	0	2	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Roe 33 Alop	Public	7-12	932 Harrison St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Henderson/Knox/Mercer/Warren ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 345-3828	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Galesburg Senior High School	Public	9-12	1135 W Fremont St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Galesburg CUSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 973-2001	1,158	78	14.7	69.9%	700 (60.4%)	157 (13.6%)	137 (11.8%)	8 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	152 (13.1%)	26.5	468^th of 620 public high schools	24.5%		39.5	448^th of 698 public high schools	35.8%	20	47.9	38.4	28.1	18.8	30.5	30.6	43.8	27.1	38.4	96.5%		$16,981	$1,049	$15,932
Knox County Mary Davis Detention Home	Public	6-12	1319 E 5th St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Galesburg CUSD 205	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 343-5112	0	2	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 61401

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Galesburg	0.2 mi	18	694^th
Knoxville	5.67 mi	3	429^th
Abingdon	10.07 mi	2	519^th
Oneida	11.58 mi	3	298^th
Monmouth	11.98 mi	8	596^th

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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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