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Schools in Bement Township

Bement Township’s public schools

Bement Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bement 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 111% 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
37%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.8K
▼ 18% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
291 students on the public path
In brief

Bement Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Bement Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Bement Middle School places highest (better than 73%); Bement Elementary School lowest (6%). 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 Bement Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Bement Elementary SchoolBement Community Unit School District 5D
6–8Bement Middle SchoolBement Community Unit School District 5B+
9–12Bement High SchoolBement Community Unit School District 5B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bement Community Unit School District 5.

The district

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

Bement Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 291 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,788IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading37%
State average 29.9% · 146 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 139 students tested

Bement Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bement Township—Bement Community Unit School District 5
Monticello—Monticello Community Unit School District 25
UnityB+Arthur Community Unit School District 305 PK–12 · Bement Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
Cerro GordoBCerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100
Willow Branch—Monticello Community Unit School District 25
Sadorus—Tolono Community Unit School District 7 PK–12 · Bement Community Unit School District 5 PK–12

2 of the 5 neighbors share Bement Community Unit School District 5 with Bement Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Bement 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).

District schools in Bement Townshipby address
Bement Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bement
D
143 students11:1Rate it →
Bement Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bement
B+
63 students12:1Rate it →
Bement High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bement
B−
85 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Bement Township’s schools

Are Bement Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bement Township. Bement Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bement 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 Bement Township in?

Bement Community Unit School District 5.

Where do Bement Township kids go to high school?

Bement 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.