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Schools in Cotton Hill Township

Cotton Hill Township’s public schools

Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 and Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cotton Hill Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/6schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
30%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.2K
▼ 48% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5
Students per teacher
16.1
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
2,932 students on the public path
In brief

Cotton Hill Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Cotton Hill Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Chatham Elem School places highest (better than 73%); Pawnee Grade School lowest (42%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Cotton Hill Township, graded from C+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Glenwood Middle School and Pawnee Jr/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 Cotton Hill Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–44 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5.

Two districts serve Cotton Hill Township

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

Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 4,516 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 17.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$11,190IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Pawnee Community Unit School District 11Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 572 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,348IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 532%
State average 29.9% · 2477 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 530%
State average 25.8% · 2141 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Pawnee Community Unit School District 1132%
State average 29.9% · 281 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pawnee Community Unit School District 1112%
State average 25.8% · 261 students tested

Cotton Hill Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cotton Hill Township—Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 PK–12
South ForkB−Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 PK–12 · Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Edinburg Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
RochesterBRochester Community Unit School District 3A
CapitalC−Springfield School District 186 PK–12 · Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
SpringfieldC−Springfield School District 186 PK–12 · Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
BuckhartB−Edinburg Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Pawnee—Pawnee Community Unit School District 11

2 of the 6 neighbors share Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 with Cotton Hill Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Cotton Hill Township

6 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 Cotton Hill Townshipin other towns
Ball Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Chatham
B+
552 students18:1Rate it →
Pawnee Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pawnee
C+
325 students11:1Rate it →
Glenwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Chatham
B+
573 students16:1Rate it →
Chatham Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Chatham
B+
500 students17:1Rate it →
Glenwood Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Chatham
B
735 students17:1Rate it →
Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch
High · Grades 7–12 · Pawnee
C+
247 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Cotton Hill Township’s schools

Are Cotton Hill Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cotton Hill Township. Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 and Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cotton Hill Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cotton Hill Township in?

Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 and Pawnee Community Unit School District 11.

Where do Cotton Hill Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Glenwood Middle School and Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch.

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What Cotton Hill 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.