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Schools in Burns Township

Burns Township’s public schools

Galva Community Unit School District 224 and Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Burns Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 108% 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
14%
2020–21
Math proficiency
18%
2020–21
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.8K
▼ 36% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Kewanee Community Unit School District 229
Students per teacher
13.9
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,431 students on the public path
In brief

Burns Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Burns Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Neponset Grade School places highest (better than 65%); Kewanee High School lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Burns Township, graded from C to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Kewanee High School and Galva Jr-Sr High School. 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 Burns Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–83 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Galva Community Unit School District 224.

Two districts serve Burns Township

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

Galva Community Unit School District 224Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 471 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,563IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Kewanee Community Unit School District 229Grades PK–12 · 7 schools · 1,963 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,828IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Galva Community Unit School District 22414%
State average 29.9% · 227 students tested
Math · PK–12, Galva Community Unit School District 22418%
State average 25.8% · 216 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Kewanee Community Unit School District 22924%
State average 29.9% · 928 students tested
Math · PK–12, Kewanee Community Unit School District 2298%
State average 25.8% · 872 students tested

Burns Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Burns Township—Galva Community Unit School District 224 PK–12 · Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 PK–12
KewaneeCKewanee Community Unit School District 229
Cambridge—Cambridge Community Unit School District 227
Cornwall—Geneseo Community Unit School District 228

Every school in Burns Township

5 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 Burns Townshipin other towns
Galva Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Galva
C
280 students13:1Rate it →
Neponset Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Neponset
B+
137 students11:1Rate it →
Belle Alexander Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–1 · Kewanee
241 students13:1Rate it →
Galva Jr-Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Galva
B−
191 students10:1Rate it →
Kewanee High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Kewanee
C
582 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Burns Township’s schools

Are Burns Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Burns Township. Galva Community Unit School District 224 and Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Burns Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Burns Township in?

Galva Community Unit School District 224 and Kewanee Community Unit School District 229.

Where do Burns Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Kewanee High School and Galva Jr-Sr 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.