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Schools in Cottonwood Township

Cottonwood Township’s public schools

Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cottonwood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% 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
19%
2020–21
Math proficiency
18%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.8K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.7
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
972 students on the public path
In brief

Cottonwood Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cottonwood Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Cumberland High School places highest (better than 54%); Cumberland Middle School lowest (41%). 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 Cottonwood Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Cumberland Elem Schoolin ToledoC+
5–8Cumberland Middle Schoolin ToledoC+
9–12Cumberland High Schoolin ToledoB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cumberland Community Unit School District 77.

The district

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

Cumberland Community Unit School District 77Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 972 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,767IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading19%
State average 29.9% · 501 students tested
Math18%
State average 25.8% · 476 students tested

Cottonwood Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cottonwood Township—Cumberland Community Unit School District 77
Union—Casey-Westfield Community Unit School District 4C PK–12 · Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 PK–12
SumpterBCumberland Community Unit School District 77
Pleasant GroveC−Charleston Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 PK–12
NeogaC−Neoga Community Unit School District 3

2 of the 4 neighbors share Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 with Cottonwood Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Cottonwood Township

3 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 Cottonwood Townshipin other towns
Cumberland Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Toledo
C+
387 students12:1Rate it →
Cumberland Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Toledo
C+
282 students20:1Rate it →
Cumberland High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Toledo
B−
303 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Cottonwood Township’s schools

Are Cottonwood Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cottonwood Township. Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cottonwood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cottonwood Township in?

Cumberland Community Unit School District 77.

Where do Cottonwood Township kids go to high school?

Cumberland 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.