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Schools in Bear Creek Township

Bear Creek Township’s public schools

Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bear Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 116% 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
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.9K
▼ 17% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
287 students on the public path
In brief

Bear Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Bear Creek Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Morrisonville High School places highest (better than 54%); Morrisonville Jr High School lowest (22%). 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 Bear Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Morrisonville Elem Schoolin MorrisonvilleC+
7–8Morrisonville Jr High Schoolin MorrisonvilleC−
9–12Morrisonville High Schoolin MorrisonvilleB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1.

The district

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

Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 287 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,905IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading17%
State average 29.9% · 150 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 137 students tested

Bear Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bear Creek Township—Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1
King—Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1
RicksC−Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1
Johnson—Taylorville Community Unit School District 3

2 of the 3 neighbors share Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1 with Bear Creek Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Bear Creek Township

3 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 Bear Creek Townshipin other towns
Morrisonville Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Morrisonville
C+
155 students13:1Rate it →
Morrisonville Jr High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Morrisonville
C−
47 students7:1Rate it →
Morrisonville High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Morrisonville
B−
85 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Bear Creek Township’s schools

Are Bear Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bear Creek Township. Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bear Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bear Creek Township in?

Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Bear Creek Township kids go to high school?

Morrisonville High School.

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What Bear Creek Township families are saying about 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.