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Schools in Atlanta Township

Atlanta Township’s public schools

Lincoln Community High School District 404 and Olympia Community Unit School District 16 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Atlanta Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 109% 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.4K
▼ 24% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Olympia Community Unit School District 16
Students per teacher
14.0
IL 13.6
Schools in town
1
1,970 students on the public path
In brief

Atlanta Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Atlanta Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Olympia High School places highest (better than 70%); Lincoln Comm High School lowest (53%). 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 Atlanta Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Olympia South Elem SchOlympia Community Unit School District 16B+
6–8Olympia Middle Schoolin StanfordB
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lincoln Community High School District 404.

Two districts serve Atlanta Township

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

Lincoln Community High School District 404Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 764 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,062IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Olympia Community Unit School District 16Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,740 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,450IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Lincoln Community High School District 40432%
State average 29.9% · 182 students tested
Math · 9–12, Lincoln Community High School District 40421%
State average 25.8% · 214 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Olympia Community Unit School District 1629%
State average 29.9% · 860 students tested
Math · PK–12, Olympia Community Unit School District 1629%
State average 25.8% · 819 students tested

Atlanta Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Atlanta Township—Olympia Community Unit School District 16 PK–12 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
Eminence—Olympia Community Unit School District 16 PK–12 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
Oran—Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 PK–8 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
Mount Hope—Olympia Community Unit School District 16
East LincolnB+Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 PK–8 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
Waynesville—Olympia Community Unit School District 16 PK–12 · Clinton Community Unit School District 15 PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Olympia Community Unit School District 16 with Atlanta Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Atlanta Township

4 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).

District schools in Atlanta Townshipby address
Olympia South Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Atlanta
B+
331 students17:1Rate it →
Also serving Atlanta Townshipin other towns
Olympia Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Stanford
B
380 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Comm High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lincoln
B−
764 students13:1Rate it →
Olympia High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Stanford
B+
495 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Atlanta Township’s schools

Are Atlanta Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Atlanta Township. Lincoln Community High School District 404 and Olympia Community Unit School District 16 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Atlanta Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Atlanta Township in?

Lincoln Community High School District 404 and Olympia Community Unit School District 16.

Where do Atlanta Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Lincoln Comm High School and Olympia High 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.