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Schools in Cold Spring Township

Cold Spring Township’s public schools

Pana Community Unit School District 8 and Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cold Spring Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 130% 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
34%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 30% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Pana Community Unit School District 8
Students per teacher
13.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,098 students on the public path
In brief

Cold Spring Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Cold Spring Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Cowden-Herrick Grade School places highest (better than 70%); Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Cold Spring Township, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Pana Jr High School and Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr 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 Cold Spring Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pana Community Unit School District 8.

Two districts serve Cold Spring Township

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

Pana Community Unit School District 8Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,159 students, up 23% since 2020–21 · 13.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,082IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3AGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 343 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,221IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Pana Community Unit School District 834%
State average 29.9% · 600 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pana Community Unit School District 820%
State average 25.8% · 598 students tested
Reading · K–12, Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A47%
State average 29.9% · 150 students tested
Math · K–12, Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A22%
State average 25.8% · 158 students tested

Cold Spring Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cold Spring Township—Pana Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A K–12
Tower Hill—Pana Community Unit School District 8
Oconee—Pana Community Unit School District 8
Herrick—Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A
Lakewood—Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 K–12 · Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A K–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Pana Community Unit School District 8 with Cold Spring Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Cold Spring Township

4 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 Cold Spring Townshipin other towns
Pana Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pana
B+
507 students14:1Rate it →
Cowden-Herrick Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Herrick
B+
175 students12:1Rate it →
Pana Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Pana
B−
248 students11:1Rate it →
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Cowden
C+
168 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Cold Spring Township’s schools

Are Cold Spring Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cold Spring Township. Pana Community Unit School District 8 and Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cold Spring Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Cold Spring Township in?

Pana Community Unit School District 8 and Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A.

Where do Cold Spring Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pana Jr High School and Cowden-Herrick 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.