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Ashton IL USA Spring 2009Photo: Uoila1 · Public domain
Schools in Ashton

Ashton’s public schools

Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ashton. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 101% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
17%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.7K
▼ 13% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
434 students on the public path
In brief

Ashton’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Ashton’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Sch places highest (better than 48%); Ashton-Franklin Center HS lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Ashton, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Schin Franklin GroveB−
7–12Ashton-Franklin Center HSAshton-Franklin Center CUSD 275C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 434 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,678IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading17%
State average 29.9% · 270 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 243 students tested

Ashton vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Ashton’s borders.

Schools next door
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Ashton—Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275

Every school in Ashton

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Ashtonin other towns
Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Franklin Grove
B−
218 students11:1Rate it →
Ashton-Franklin Center HS
High · Grades 7–12
C+
216 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Ashton’s schools

Are Ashton’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Ashton. Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ashton. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Ashton in?

Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275.

Where do Ashton kids go to high school?

Ashton-Franklin Center HS.

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What Ashton families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.