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Schools in Cambridge Township

Cambridge Township’s public schools

Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cambridge Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
43%
2020–21
Math proficiency
28%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.8K
▼ 27% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
459 students on the public path
In brief

Cambridge Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Cambridge Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Cambridge Comm Grade School places highest (better than 86%); Cambridge Jr/Sr High School lowest (54%). 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 Cambridge Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cambridge Comm Grade SchoolCambridge Community Unit School District 227A
6–12Cambridge Jr/Sr High SchoolCambridge Community Unit School District 227B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cambridge Community Unit School District 227.

The district

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

Cambridge Community Unit School District 227Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 459 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,839IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading43%
State average 29.9% · 234 students tested
Math28%
State average 25.8% · 215 students tested

Cambridge Township vs. its neighbors

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

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

2 of the 3 neighbors share Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 with Cambridge Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Cambridge 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).

District schools in Cambridge Townshipby address
Cambridge Comm Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cambridge
A
222 students13:1Rate it →
Cambridge Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Cambridge
B−
237 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cambridge Township’s schools

Are Cambridge Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cambridge Township. Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cambridge Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Cambridge Township in?

Cambridge Community Unit School District 227.

Where do Cambridge Township kids go to high school?

Cambridge 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.