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Schools in Chester Township

Chester Township’s public schools

Lincoln Community High School District 404 and Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chester 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 109% 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.1K
▼ 12% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Lincoln Community High School District 404
Students per teacher
12.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,052 students on the public path
In brief

Chester Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Chester Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Chester-East Lincoln Elem School places highest (better than 77%); Lincoln Comm High School lowest (53%). 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 Chester Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Chester-East Lincoln Elem Schoolin LincolnA−
9–12Lincoln Comm High Schoolin LincolnB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lincoln Community High School District 404.

Two districts serve Chester Township

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

Lincoln Community High School District 404Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 764 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,062IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 288 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,308IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Lincoln Community High School District 40432%
State average 29.9% · 182 students tested
Math · 9–12, Lincoln Community High School District 40421%
State average 25.8% · 214 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 6142%
State average 29.9% · 181 students tested
Math · PK–8, Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 6132%
State average 25.8% · 177 students tested

Chester Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chester Township—Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 PK–8 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
BroadwellB+West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92 PK–8 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
Mount PulaskiC+Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23
Aetna—Mount Pulaski Community Unit District 23 PK–12 · Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 PK–8 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12
East LincolnB+Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 PK–8 · Lincoln Community High School District 404 9–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Lincoln Community High School District 404 with Chester Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Chester 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 Chester Townshipin other towns
Chester-East Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Lincoln
A−
288 students12:1Rate it →
Lincoln Comm High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lincoln
B−
764 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Chester Township’s schools

Are Chester Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chester Township. Lincoln Community High School District 404 and Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chester 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 Chester Township in?

Lincoln Community High School District 404 and Chester-East Lincoln Community CSD 61.

Where do Chester Township kids go to high school?

Lincoln Comm 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.