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Schools in Barnhill Township

Barnhill Township’s public schools

Fairfield Community High School District 225 and New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barnhill 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 94% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
2020–21
Graduate on time
72%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Fairfield Community High School District 225
Students per teacher
15.4
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
1
648 students on the public path
In brief

Barnhill Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Barnhill Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. New Hope Elem School places highest (better than 96%); Fairfield Comm High School 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 Barnhill Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8New Hope Elem SchoolNew Hope Community Consolidated School District 6A+
9–12Fairfield Comm High Schoolin FairfieldC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fairfield Community High School District 225.

Two districts serve Barnhill Township

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

Fairfield Community High School District 225Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 444 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 15.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,340IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 204 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 15.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,876IL $21,567 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Fairfield Community High School District 22522%
State average 29.9% · 93 students tested
Math · 9–12, Fairfield Community High School District 22512%
State average 25.8% · 98 students tested
Reading · K–8, New Hope Community Consolidated School District 662%
State average 29.9% · 117 students tested
Math · K–8, New Hope Community Consolidated School District 657%
State average 25.8% · 106 students tested

Barnhill Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Barnhill Township—New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 K–8 · Fairfield Community High School District 225 9–12
Leech—Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Fairfield Public School District 112 PK–8 · New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 K–8
Mill Shoals—Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Community Unit School District 3 K–12 · New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 K–8 · Fairfield Community High School District 225 9–12
GroverBFairfield Public School District 112 PK–8 · New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 K–8 · Fairfield Community High School District 225 9–12
Big MoundBFairfield Public School District 112 PK–8 · New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 K–8 · Fairfield Community High School District 225 9–12
Crouch—Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Wayne City Community Unit School District 100 PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 with Barnhill Township for grades K–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Barnhill 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 Barnhill Townshipby address
New Hope Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Fairfield
A+
204 students16:1Rate it →
Also serving Barnhill Townshipin other towns
Fairfield Comm High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fairfield
C+
444 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Barnhill Township’s schools

Are Barnhill Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Barnhill Township. Fairfield Community High School District 225 and New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barnhill 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 Barnhill Township in?

Fairfield Community High School District 225 and New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6.

Where do Barnhill Township kids go to high school?

Fairfield Comm 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.