Best Public Schools in Geneseo, IL

The city of Geneseo, Illinois is home to 5 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Geneseo CUSD 228 district. While the district as a whole is ranked 421 out of 813 districts in Illinois and rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, Geneseo High School stands out as the top-performing school in the district, consistently ranking among the top 100 high schools in Illinois over the past 3 years and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Geneseo High School boasts impressive academic performance, with students outperforming the state average in SAT/Mathematics, SAT/English Language Arts, and ISA/Science proficiency. The school also has a high 98.4% four-year graduation rate and a low 1.2% dropout rate, both significantly better than the state averages. In contrast, the elementary and middle schools in the district show more mixed performance, with some schools performing above the state average and others below.

Across the district, there is a significant range in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 20.02% at Geneseo High School to 38.74% at Southwest Elementary School. The district also allocates more resources per student at the high school level, with Geneseo High School spending $16,640 per student, higher than the other schools in the district.