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Schools in Barr Township

Barr Township’s public schools

Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 and Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barr Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 103% 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
12%
2020–21
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.2K
▼ 16% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Greenfield Community Unit School District 10
Students per teacher
9.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
700 students on the public path
In brief

Barr Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Barr Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Greenfield Elem School places highest (better than 42%); Northwestern High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Barr Township, graded from C to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Greenfield High School and Northwestern High School. 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 Barr Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Northwestern Community Unit School District 2.

Two districts serve Barr Township

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

Northwestern Community Unit School District 2Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 323 students · 9.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$23,403IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Greenfield Community Unit School District 10Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 417 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 10.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,223IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Northwestern Community Unit School District 217%
State average 29.9% · 156 students tested
Math · PK–12, Northwestern Community Unit School District 212%
State average 25.8% · 146 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Greenfield Community Unit School District 1017%
State average 29.9% · 186 students tested
Math · PK–12, Greenfield Community Unit School District 1017%
State average 25.8% · 196 students tested

Barr Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Barr Township—Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 PK–12 · Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 PK–12
South Palmyra—Northwestern Community Unit School District 2
Scottville—Northwestern Community Unit School District 2
Western Mound—Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 PK–12
Rubicon—Greenfield Community Unit School District 10

3 of the 4 neighbors share Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 with Barr Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Barr 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).

Also serving Barr Townshipin other towns
Greenfield Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Greenfield
C+
309 students12:1Rate it →
Northwestern Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Palmyra
C
189 students11:1Rate it →
Greenfield High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Greenfield
C
108 students7:1Rate it →
Northwestern High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Palmyra
C−
94 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Barr Township’s schools

Are Barr Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Barr Township. Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 and Greenfield Community Unit School District 10 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barr Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Barr Township in?

Northwestern Community Unit School District 2 and Greenfield Community Unit School District 10.

Where do Barr Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Greenfield High School and Northwestern 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.