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Schools in Chalmers Township

Chalmers Township’s public schools

Macomb Community Unit School District 185 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chalmers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/7schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 106% 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
25%
2020–21
Math proficiency
19%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.4K
▼ 15% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Students per teacher
12.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,124 students on the public path
In brief

Chalmers Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Chalmers Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. West Prairie South Elementary Sch places highest (better than 96%); West Prairie Junior High School lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Chalmers Township, graded from C to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Macomb Senior High School and West Prairie Senior 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 Chalmers Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your addressC to A+
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Macomb Community Unit School District 185.

Two districts serve Chalmers Township

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

Macomb Community Unit School District 185Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,075 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,427IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
West Prairie Community Unit School District 103Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 573 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,946IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Macomb Community Unit School District 18525%
State average 29.9% · 994 students tested
Math · PK–12, Macomb Community Unit School District 18519%
State average 25.8% · 899 students tested
Reading · PK–12, West Prairie Community Unit School District 10322%
State average 29.9% · 311 students tested
Math · PK–12, West Prairie Community Unit School District 10320%
State average 25.8% · 287 students tested

Chalmers Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chalmers Township—Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12 · West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12
Macomb CityB−Macomb Community Unit School District 185
MacombB−Macomb Community Unit School District 185
ColchesterC+West Prairie Community Unit School District 103
Bethel—West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12 · Schuyler-Industry Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
Scotland—Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Emmet—Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12 · West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12

4 of the 6 neighbors share Macomb Community Unit School District 185 with Chalmers Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Chalmers Township

7 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 Chalmers Townshipin other towns
West Prairie South Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Colchester
A+
182 students11:1Rate it →
West Prairie North Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Good Hope
B
141 students9:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Macomb
C
412 students10:1Rate it →
Macomb Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Macomb
B
479 students13:1Rate it →
West Prairie Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Colchester
C
80 students10:1Rate it →
Macomb Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Macomb
B+
660 students17:1Rate it →
West Prairie Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Colchester
B−
170 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Chalmers Township’s schools

Are Chalmers Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chalmers Township. Macomb Community Unit School District 185 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chalmers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Chalmers Township in?

Macomb Community Unit School District 185 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103.

Where do Chalmers Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Macomb Senior High School and West Prairie Senior High School.

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What Chalmers Township families are saying about 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.