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Schools in Big Foot Prairie

Big Foot Prairie’s public schools

Harvard Community Unit School District 50 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Foot Prairie. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
11%
2020–21
Math proficiency
5%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.3K
▼ 6% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,063 students on the public path
In brief

Big Foot Prairie’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Big Foot Prairie’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Harvard High School places highest (better than 31%); Crosby Elem Sch 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 Big Foot Prairie, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–3Crosby Elem Schin HarvardD
6–8Harvard Jr High Schoolin HarvardC−
9–12Harvard High Schoolin HarvardC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Harvard Community Unit School District 50.

The district

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

Harvard Community Unit School District 50Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,532 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,292IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading11%
State average 29.9% · 1314 students tested
Math5%
State average 25.8% · 956 students tested

Big Foot Prairie vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Big Foot Prairie’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Big Foot Prairie—Harvard Community Unit School District 50

Every school in Big Foot Prairie

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 Big Foot Prairiein other towns
Crosby Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Harvard
D
655 students11:1Rate it →
Harvard Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Harvard
C−
593 students12:1Rate it →
Harvard High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Harvard
C
815 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Big Foot Prairie’s schools

Are Big Foot Prairie’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Big Foot Prairie. Harvard Community Unit School District 50 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Foot Prairie. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Big Foot Prairie in?

Harvard Community Unit School District 50.

Where do Big Foot Prairie kids go to high school?

Harvard 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.