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Schools in Charleston Township

Charleston Township’s public schools

Charleston Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Charleston 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 101% 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
21%
2020–21
Math proficiency
14%
2020–21
Graduate on time
67%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.2K
▼ 34% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.8
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
5
2,670 students on the public path
In brief

Charleston Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Charleston Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Carl Sandburg Elem School places highest (better than 54%); Charleston Middle School lowest (30%). 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 Charleston Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–KMark Twain Elem SchoolCharleston Community Unit School District 1No scores
1–3Carl Sandburg Elem SchoolCharleston Community Unit School District 1B−
7–8Charleston Middle SchoolCharleston Community Unit School District 1C
9–12Charleston High SchoolCharleston Community Unit School District 1B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Charleston Community Unit School District 1.

The district

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

Charleston Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,744 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 14.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,205IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading21%
State average 29.9% · 1296 students tested
Math14%
State average 25.8% · 1339 students tested

Charleston Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Charleston Township—Charleston Community Unit School District 1
Hutton—Charleston Community Unit School District 1
AshmoreDCharleston Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Kansas Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Charleston (city)DCharleston Community Unit School District 1
Pleasant GroveC−Charleston Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 PK–12
Morgan—Charleston Community Unit School District 1
Seven Hickory—Charleston Community Unit School District 1
LafayetteC−Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 PK–12 · Charleston Community Unit School District 1 PK–12

All 7 neighbors share Charleston Community Unit School District 1 with Charleston Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Charleston 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).

District schools in Charleston Townshipby address
Mark Twain Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Charleston
221 students13:1Rate it →
Carl Sandburg Elem School
Elementary · Grades 1–3 · Charleston
B−
555 students14:1Rate it →
Jefferson Elem School
Middle · Grades 4–6 · Charleston
C+
698 students16:1Rate it →
Charleston Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Charleston
C
401 students13:1Rate it →
Charleston High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Charleston
B−
795 students17:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Shelbyville TAOEP).

Questions about Charleston Township’s schools

Are Charleston Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Charleston Township. Charleston Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Charleston 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 Charleston Township in?

Charleston Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Charleston Township kids go to high school?

Charleston High School.

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What Charleston 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.