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Schools in Bell Plain Township

Bell Plain Township’s public schools

Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 and Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bell Plain Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.5K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6
Students per teacher
11.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
732 students on the public path
In brief

Bell Plain Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Bell Plain Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Lowpoint-Washburn Elem School places highest (better than 60%); Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch lowest (42%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Bell Plain Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Fieldcrest Middle School and Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch. 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 Bell Plain Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21.

Two districts serve Bell Plain Township

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

Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 313 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,438IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 862 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,474IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 2132%
State average 29.9% · 166 students tested
Math · PK–12, Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 2122%
State average 25.8% · 149 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 630%
State average 29.9% · 418 students tested
Math · PK–12, Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 618%
State average 25.8% · 402 students tested

Bell Plain Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bell Plain Township—Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 PK–12 · Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6 PK–12
Richland—Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 PK–12 · Midland Community Unit School District 7 PK–12
Linn—Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 PK–12 · Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 PK–12
Roberts—Midland Community Unit School District 7
BenningtonC+Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6

2 of the 4 neighbors share Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 with Bell Plain Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Bell Plain 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 Bell Plain Townshipin other towns
Fieldcrest Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Minonk
223 students16:1Rate it →
Lowpoint-Washburn Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Washburn
B
157 students11:1Rate it →
Fieldcrest Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wenona
B
196 students12:1Rate it →
Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch
High · Grades 6–12 · Washburn
C+
156 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Bell Plain Township’s schools

Are Bell Plain Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bell Plain Township. Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 and Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bell Plain Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Bell Plain Township in?

Lowpoint-Washburn Community Unit School District 21 and Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6.

Where do Bell Plain Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Fieldcrest Middle School and Lowpoint-Washburn Jr Sr High Sch.

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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.