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Schools in Ayers Township

Ayers Township’s public schools

Heritage Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ayers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.7K
▼ 9% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
391 students on the public path
In brief

Ayers Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Ayers Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Heritage JH and Elem Sch places highest (better than 73%); Heritage High School lowest (46%). 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 Ayers Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Heritage JH and Elem Schin HomerB+
9–12Heritage High SchoolHeritage Community Unit School District 8B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Heritage Community Unit School District 8.

The district

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

Heritage Community Unit School District 8Grades K–12 · 2 schools · 391 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,726IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 29.9% · 185 students tested
Math22%
State average 25.8% · 183 students tested

Ayers Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Ayers Township—Heritage Community Unit School District 8
South HomerB+Heritage Community Unit School District 8 K–12 · St. Joseph-Ogden Community High School District 305 9–12

Every school in Ayers Township

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).

District schools in Ayers Townshipby address
Heritage High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Broadlands
B−
121 students11:1Rate it →
Also serving Ayers Townshipin other towns
Heritage JH and Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Homer
B+
270 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Ayers Township’s schools

Are Ayers Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Ayers Township. Heritage Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ayers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Ayers Township in?

Heritage Community Unit School District 8.

Where do Ayers Township kids go to high school?

Heritage 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.