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Schools in Barstow

Barstow’s public schools

Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 and United Township High School District 30 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barstow. 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 102% 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
8%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 30% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · United Township High School District 30
Students per teacher
16.2
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
2,100 students on the public path
In brief

Barstow’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Barstow’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Eagle Ridge School places highest (better than 54%); United Twp High School lowest (30%). 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 Barstow, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Eagle Ridge Schoolin SilvisB−
9–12United Twp High Schoolin East MolineC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36.

Two districts serve Barstow

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

Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 238 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,655IL $21,567 · FY2024
D−
United Township High School District 30Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,862 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 17.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,130IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 368%
State average 29.9% · 165 students tested
Math · PK–8, Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 3624%
State average 25.8% · 13 students tested · the state reports 0–49%
Reading · 9–12, United Township High School District 3011%
State average 29.9% · 407 students tested
Math · 9–12, United Township High School District 3012%
State average 25.8% · 394 students tested

Barstow vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Barstow—Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 PK–8 · United Township High School District 30 9–12
East MolineC−East Moline School District 37 PK–8 · United Township High School District 30 9–12

Every school in Barstow

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 Barstowin other towns
Eagle Ridge School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Silvis
B−
238 students11:1Rate it →
United Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · East Moline
C
1,862 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Barstow’s schools

Are Barstow’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Barstow. Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 and United Township High School District 30 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barstow. 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 Barstow in?

Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 and United Township High School District 30.

Where do Barstow kids go to high school?

United Twp 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.