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Best High Schools in Zip Code 62321

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Schools

349

Students

Districts

Top rankedIllini West High School444^th of 698 Illinois high schools

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Summary:

The zip code 62321 contains a single high school, Illini West High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance data suggests a need for improvement in several key areas, including academic achievement, attendance, and graduation rates.

Illini West H S District 307 has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated between 321 and 444 out of 698-699 Illinois high schools, with a current 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is slightly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average.

Academically, Illini West High School's performance is mixed. While the school's proficiency rates on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) are better than the state average, its scores on the ACT, PreACT Secure, and SAT assessments are significantly lower than the state averages in ELA, Math, and Science. The school's per-student spending of $14,334 is slightly higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 13.3 is slightly lower, suggesting smaller class sizes. However, the school's high percentage of students (47.6%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch indicates a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, which may contribute to the academic performance gaps.

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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 (2025)	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
ROYALS Academy Carthage	Public	6-12	86 S Madison St	Carthage	62321	Hancock County	Hancck/Fultn/Schuylr/McDonogh ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 575-3226	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
ROYALS RSSP Carthage	Public	6-12	86 S Madison St	Carthage	62321	Hancock County	Hancck/Fultn/Schuylr/McDonogh ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 575-3226	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Illini West High School	Public	9-12	600 Miller St	Carthage	62321	Hancock County	Illini West H S District 307	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 357-9607	349	23	15.0	53.6%	321 (92.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.3%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	39.9	444^th of 698 public high schools	36.4%		48.5	322^nd of 697 public high schools	53.8%	122	59.4	46.7	22.8	20.0	43.0	40.0	33.7	26.5	31.3	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	99.4	98.5	$13,672	$612	$13,060

Cities Near Zip Code 62321

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Carthage	4.73 mi	6	570^th
Bowen	7.83 mi	1	597^th
Augusta	11.7 mi	1	600^th
Hamilton	12.04 mi	2	419^th
Warsaw	16.66 mi	2	466^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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