Cornell’s public schools
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 and Flanagan-Cornell District 74 in Cornell have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cornell. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 112% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Cornell’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Cornell’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Cornell Elem School places highest (better than 31%); Cornell Elem School lowest (31%). See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cornell, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Cornell
Cornell Elem School
Grades PK–8 · 114 students · 10:1 students per teacher
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426.
Two districts serve Cornell
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Cornell vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Cornell’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell | — | Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 PK–8 · Flanagan-Cornell District 74 in Cornell |
Every school in Cornell
1 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).
Questions about Cornell’s schools
Are Cornell’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Cornell. Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 and Flanagan-Cornell District 74 in Cornell have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cornell. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Cornell in?
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 and Flanagan-Cornell District 74 in Cornell.
Where do Cornell kids go to high school?
Cornell Elem School.
Parents talk
What Cornell families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Cornell → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) 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.