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Schools in Bradford Township

Bradford Township’s public schools

Mendota Township High School District 280 and Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bradford Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 98% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.0K
▼ 2% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Mendota Township High School District 280
Students per teacher
12.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
434 students on the public path
In brief

Bradford Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Bradford Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Sch places highest (better than 48%); Ashton-Franklin Center HS lowest (37%). 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 Bradford Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Schin Franklin GroveB−
7–12Ashton-Franklin Center HSin AshtonC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mendota Township High School District 280.

Two districts serve Bradford Township

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

Mendota Township High School District 280Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 493 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,043IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 434 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,678IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Mendota Township High School District 28022%
State average 29.9% · 128 students tested
Math · 9–12, Mendota Township High School District 28022%
State average 25.8% · 134 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 27517%
State average 29.9% · 270 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 27517%
State average 25.8% · 243 students tested

Bradford Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bradford Township—Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 PK–12 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
Franklin GroveC−Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275
Lee Center—Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 PK–12 · Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
Reynolds—Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 PK–12 · Steward Elementary School District 220 K–8 · Rochelle Township High School District 212 9–12
AshtonC−Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275

All 4 neighbors share Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 with Bradford Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Bradford Township

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 Bradford Townshipin other towns
Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Franklin Grove
B−
218 students11:1Rate it →
Ashton-Franklin Center HS
High · Grades 7–12 · Ashton
C+
216 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Bradford Township’s schools

Are Bradford Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bradford Township. Mendota Township High School District 280 and Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bradford Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Bradford Township in?

Mendota Township High School District 280 and Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275.

Where do Bradford Township kids go to high school?

Ashton-Franklin Center HS.

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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.