In the 2023-24 school year, 93.5% of the students in Alwood Community Unit School District 225 graduated within four years, according to the Illinois Report Card.
The graduation rate in the district skyrocketed compared to the previous year, when 81% of the students graduated within four years.
Alwood Community Unit School District 225 has the 49th highest four-year graduation rate in the state.
For comparison, the average four-year graduation rate registered in Illinois was 87.7% as of the 2023-24 school year.
Illinois has approved a new budget for 2025 that increases funds for K-12 education to $8.6 billion, $350 million above last year’s budget.
Lawmakers also approved a new bill that creates a statewide child tax credit, which allows families to receive $300 per child under 17 years. This comes after a similar aid was granted from the federal government, as part of the American Rescue Plan.
4-Year Graduation Rate in Alwood Community Unit School District 225 Over 4 Years
Alwood Community Unit School District 225 4-Year Graduation Rate Compared to Other School Districts
| District | 4-Year Graduation Rate | Difference From State Average |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Community Unit School District 1 | 100% | 12.3% |
| Lake Forest Community High School District 115 | 99.4% | 11.7% |
| Orion Community Unit School District 223 | 98.6% | 10.9% |
| River Bend Community Unit School District 2 | 98.5% | 10.8% |
| Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 | 98.4% | 10.7% |
| Community Unit School District 16 | 98.3% | 10.6% |
| Monticello Community Unit School District 25 | 98.1% | 10.4% |
| Litchfield Community Unit School District 12 | 98% | 10.3% |
| Fisher Community Unit School District 1 | 97.9% | 10.2% |
| Hamilton Community Consolidated School District 328 | 97.8% | 10.1% |
| New Trier Township High School District 203 | 97.7% | 10% |
| Elmwood Community Unit School District 322 | 97.6% | 9.9% |
| Tri-Valley Community Unit School District 3 | 97.5% | 9.8% |
| West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 | 97.4% | 9.7% |
| Herscher Community Unit School District 2 | 97.3% | 9.6% |
| Byron Community Unit School District 226 | 97.1% | 9.4% |
| Brimfield Community Unit School District 309 | 97% | 9.3% |
| Central Community Unit School District 301 | 96.9% | 9.2% |
| University of Illinois Laboratory High School | 96.8% | 9.1% |
| Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399 | 96.7% | 9% |
| Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 | 96.5% | 8.8% |
| Oregon Community Unit School District 220 | 96.4% | 8.7% |
| Highland Community Unit School District 5 | 96.3% | 8.6% |
| Libertyville Community High School District 128 | 96.1% | 8.4% |
| Earlville Community Unit School District 9 | 96% | 8.3% |
| Columbia Community Unit School District 4 | 95.9% | 8.2% |
| Donovan Community Unit School District 3 | 95.8% | 8.1% |
| Marissa Community Unit School District 40 | 95.7% | 8% |
| Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 | 95.6% | 7.9% |
| Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A | 95.5% | 7.8% |
| Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | 95.4% | 7.7% |
| Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | 95.3% | 7.6% |
| Lyons Township High School District 204 | 95.2% | 7.5% |
| Lake Park Community High School District 108 | 95.1% | 7.4% |
| Huntley Community School District 158 | 95% | 7.3% |
| Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 | 94.9% | 7.2% |
| Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 | 94.8% | 7.1% |
| Orangeville Community Unit School District 203 | 94.7% | 7% |
| Consolidated High School District 230 | 94.6% | 6.9% |
| Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 | 94.5% | 6.8% |
| Milford Area Public Schools District 124 | 94.4% | 6.7% |
| Community Unit School District 200 | 94.3% | 6.6% |
| Indian Creek School District 425 | 94.1% | 6.4% |
| Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 | 94% | 6.3% |
| Triad Community Unit School District 2 | 93.9% | 6.2% |
| Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 | 93.8% | 6.1% |
| Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 | 93.7% | 6% |
| Carrollton Community Unit School District 1 | 93.6% | 5.9% |
| Alwood Community Unit School District 225 | 93.5% | 5.8% |
| Community High School District 99 | 93.4% | 5.7% |
| Township High School District 211 | 93.3% | 5.6% |
| Havana Community Unit School District 126 | 93.2% | 5.5% |
| Altamont Community Unit School District 10 | 93.1% | 5.4% |
| Hononegah Community High School District 207 | 93% | 5.3% |
| Alden Hebron School District 19 | 92.9% | 5.2% |
| Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 | 92.8% | 5.1% |
| Carterville Community Unit School District 5 | 92.7% | 5% |
| Batavia Unit School District 101 | 92.6% | 4.9% |
| Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 | 92.5% | 4.8% |
| Rochester Community Unit School District 3A | 92.4% | 4.7% |
| Olympia Community Unit School District 16 | 92.3% | 4.6% |
| Coal City Community Unit School District 1 | 92.2% | 4.5% |
| Freeburg Community High School District 77 | 92.1% | 4.4% |
| Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 | 92% | 4.3% |
| Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 | 91.9% | 4.2% |
| Porta Community Unit School District 202 | 91.8% | 4.1% |
| Bement Community Unit School District 5 | 91.7% | 4% |
| Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 | 91.6% | 3.9% |
| St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 | 91.5% | 3.8% |
| O’Fallon Township High School District 203 | 91.4% | 3.7% |
| Lincoln Community High School District 404 | 91.3% | 3.6% |
| Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 | 91.2% | 3.5% |
| Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 | 91.1% | 3.4% |
| Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11 | 91% | 3.3% |
| Tuscola Community Unit School District 301 | 90.9% | 3.2% |
| Hinsdale Township High School District 86 | 90.7% | 3% |
| Winchester Community Unit School District 1 | 90.6% | 2.9% |
| McLean County Unit School District 5 | 90.4% | 2.7% |
| Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 | 90.3% | 2.6% |
| United Township High School District 30 | 90.2% | 2.5% |
| Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 | 90.1% | 2.4% |
| Hardin County Community Unit School District 1 | 90% | 2.3% |
| Central Community Unit School District 4 | 89.9% | 2.2% |
| River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 | 89.7% | 2% |
| Aurora East Unit School District 131 | 89.6% | 1.9% |
| McHenry Community High School District 156 | 89.5% | 1.8% |
| Eastland Community Unit School District 308 | 89.4% | 1.7% |
| Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6 | 89.3% | 1.6% |
| Oakwood Community Unit School District 76 | 89.2% | 1.5% |
| Staunton Community Unit School District 6 | 89.1% | 1.4% |
| Fenton Community High School District 100 | 88.9% | 1.2% |
| Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 | 88.8% | 1.1% |
| Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 | 88.7% | 1% |
| Edgar County Community Unit School District 6 | 88.5% | 0.8% |
| Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 | 88.4% | 0.7% |
| Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 | 88.3% | 0.6% |
| Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 | 88.2% | 0.5% |
| Illini West High School District 307 | 88.1% | 0.4% |
| Christopher Community Unit School District 99 | 88% | 0.3% |
| Aurora West Unit School District 129 | 87.9% | 0.2% |
| Bond County Community Unit School District 2 | 87.8% | 0.1% |
| Carmi-White County Community Unit School District 5 | 87.7% | 0% |
| Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 | 87.6% | -0.1% |
| Flanagan-Cornell District 74 | 87.5% | -0.2% |
| Salem Community High School District 600 | 87.4% | -0.3% |
| Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 | 87.3% | -0.4% |
| Auburn Community Unit School District 10 | 87.2% | -0.5% |
| Waverly Community Unit School District 6 | 87% | -0.7% |
| East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119 | 86.8% | -0.9% |
| Community High School District 94 | 86.7% | -1% |
| Ottawa Township High School District 140 | 86.5% | -1.2% |
| Coulterville Unit School District 1 | 86.4% | -1.3% |
| Reavis Township High School District 220 | 86.3% | -1.4% |
| Sterling Community Unit School District 5 | 86.2% | -1.5% |
| Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426 | 86.1% | -1.6% |
| Carbondale Community High School District 165 | 86% | -1.7% |
| Westville Community Unit School District 2 | 85.9% | -1.8% |
| Hartsburg Emden Community Unit School District 21 | 85.7% | -2% |
| Dupo Community Unit School District 196 | 85.5% | -2.2% |
| Cobden School Unit District 17 | 85.4% | -2.3% |
| Argo Community High School District 217 | 85.3% | -2.4% |
| Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6 | 85.2% | -2.5% |
| Effingham Community Unit School District 40 | 85.1% | -2.6% |
| Harlem Unit School District 122 | 85% | -2.7% |
| Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 | 84.9% | -2.8% |
| Leyden Community High School District 212 | 84.8% | -2.9% |
| LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 | 84.6% | -3.1% |
| Illini Bluffs Community Unit School District 327 | 84.5% | -3.2% |
| Mendota Township High School District 280 | 84.4% | -3.3% |
| Oblong Community Unit School District 4 | 84.2% | -3.5% |
| Hall High School District 502 | 84.1% | -3.6% |
| Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 | 84% | -3.7% |
| New Athens Community Unit School District 60 | 83.9% | -3.8% |
| Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 | 83.8% | -3.9% |
| Benton Consolidated High School District 103 | 83.7% | -4% |
| Roxana Community Unit School District 1 | 83.5% | -4.2% |
| Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 | 83.3% | -4.4% |
| Casey Westfield Community Unit School District 4C | 83.1% | -4.6% |
| North Boone Community Unit School District 200 | 83% | -4.7% |
| Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3 | 82.9% | -4.8% |
| Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512 | 82.8% | -4.9% |
| Astoria Community Unit School District 1 | 82.6% | -5.1% |
| Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 | 82.5% | -5.2% |
| Rock Island School District 41 | 82.4% | -5.3% |
| Anna Jonesboro Community High School District 81 | 82.3% | -5.4% |
| North Clay Community Unit School District 25 | 82.2% | -5.5% |
| Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325 | 82.1% | -5.6% |
| Champaign Community Unit School District 4 | 81.9% | -5.8% |
| Ramsey Community Unit School District 204 | 81.8% | -5.9% |
| Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 | 81.7% | -6% |
| Meridian Community Unit School District 101 | 81.6% | -6.1% |
| Williamsfield Community Unit School District 210 | 81.5% | -6.2% |
| Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 | 81.3% | -6.4% |
| V.I.T. Community Unit School District 2 | 81% | -6.7% |
| Harvard Community Unit School District 50 | 80.9% | -6.8% |
| Flora Community Unit School District 35 | 80.8% | -6.9% |
| Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5 | 80.7% | -7% |
| Fairfield Community High School District 225 | 80.6% | -7.1% |
| J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | 80.5% | -7.2% |
| Charleston Community Unit School District 1 | 80.2% | -7.5% |
| Canton Union School District 66 | 80.1% | -7.6% |
| Brownstown Community Unit School District 201 | 80% | -7.7% |
| Community High School District 218 | 79.8% | -7.9% |
| Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 | 79.7% | -8% |
| Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | 79.6% | -8.1% |
| Henry Senachwine Community Unit School District 5 | 79.5% | -8.2% |
| Heritage Community Unit School District 8 | 79.3% | -8.4% |
| Clay City Community Unit School District 10 | 79.2% | -8.5% |
| Jacksonville School District 117 | 79% | -8.7% |
| Odin Public School District 722 | 78.9% | -8.8% |
| East Peoria Community High School District 309 | 78.4% | -9.3% |
| Sparta Community Unit School District 140 | 78.2% | -9.5% |
| Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 | 78% | -9.7% |
| Kankakee School District 111 | 77.8% | -9.9% |
| Bloomington School District 87 | 77.4% | -10.3% |
| Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C | 77.3% | -10.4% |
| DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 | 77.1% | -10.6% |
| Egyptian Community Unit School District 5 | 76.9% | -10.8% |
| Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 | 76.7% | -11% |
| Centralia High School District 200 | 76.3% | -11.4% |
| Depue Community Unit School District 103 | 76.2% | -11.5% |
| Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 | 75.7% | -12% |
| Freeport School District 145 | 75.1% | -12.6% |
| Galatia Community Unit School District 1 | 75% | -12.7% |
| Limestone Community High School District 310 | 74.6% | -13.1% |
| Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 | 74.1% | -13.6% |
| Decatur School District 61 | 74% | -13.7% |
| South Fork School District 14 | 73.9% | -13.8% |
| Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 | 73.7% | -14% |
| East St. Louis School District 189 | 73.5% | -14.2% |
| Alton Community Unit School District 11 | 72.7% | -15% |
| Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 | 72.5% | -15.2% |
| Marion Community Unit School District 2 | 72.4% | -15.3% |
| Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 | 71.7% | -16% |
| Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 | 70.6% | -17.1% |
| Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | 69.6% | -18.1% |
| Lebanon Community Unit School District 9 | 65.9% | -21.8% |
| Frankfort Community Unit School District 168 | 65.7% | -22% |
| Cairo Unit School District 1 | 64.3% | -23.4% |
| Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20 | 62.9% | -24.8% |
| Madison Community Unit School District 12 | 62.8% | -24.9% |
| IDJJ School District 428 | 57.7% | -30% |
| Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | 55.2% | -32.5% |
