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Schools in Chestnut Township

Chestnut Township’s public schools

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 and Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chestnut Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/7schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 96% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.3K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276
Students per teacher
11.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,142 students on the public path
In brief

Chestnut Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Chestnut Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Spoon River Valley Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Abingdon-Avon High Sch lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Chestnut Township, graded from C to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Abingdon-Avon High Sch and Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch. 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 Chestnut Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−
6–82 middle 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 Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4.

Two districts serve Chestnut Township

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

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 236 students, down 18% since 2020–21 · 8.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,284IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 906 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,276IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 427%
State average 29.9% · 121 students tested
Math · PK–12, Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 437%
State average 25.8% · 123 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 27627%
State average 29.9% · 433 students tested
Math · PK–12, Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 27612%
State average 25.8% · 456 students tested

Chestnut Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chestnut Township—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 PK–12
Ellisville—Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 PK–12 · Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Orange—Knoxville Community Unit School District 202
Indian PointC+Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276
Maquon—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 with Chestnut Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Chestnut 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 Chestnut Townshipin other towns
Hedding Grade Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Abingdon
C+
376 students11:1Rate it →
Spoon River Valley Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · London Mills
A−
134 students10:1Rate it →
Avon Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Avon
C
48 students10:1Rate it →
Abingdon-Avon Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Avon
C
204 students15:1Rate it →
Spoon River Valley Jr High Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · London Mills
B+
42 students7:1Rate it →
Abingdon-Avon High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · Abingdon
C
278 students11:1Rate it →
Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · London Mills
B+
60 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Chestnut Township’s schools

Are Chestnut Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chestnut Township. Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 and Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chestnut Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Chestnut Township in?

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 and Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276.

Where do Chestnut Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Abingdon-Avon High Sch and Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch.

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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.