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Schools in Dakota

Dakota’s public schools

Dakota Community Unit School District 201 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dakota. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools 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
45%
2020–21
Math proficiency
30%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.3K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
754 students on the public path
In brief

Dakota’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Dakota’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Dakota Jr Sr High School places highest (better than 80%); Dakota Elementary School lowest (59%). 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 Dakota, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Dakota Elementary SchoolDakota Community Unit School District 201B
7–12Dakota Jr Sr High SchoolDakota Community Unit School District 201A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Dakota Community Unit School District 201.

The district

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

Dakota Community Unit School District 201Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 754 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,252IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 29.9% · 384 students tested
Math30%
State average 25.8% · 409 students tested

Dakota vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dakota—Dakota Community Unit School District 201

Every school in Dakota

2 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 Dakotain other towns
Dakota Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
410 students13:1Rate it →
Dakota Jr Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12
A−
344 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Dakota’s schools

Are Dakota’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dakota. Dakota Community Unit School District 201 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dakota. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Dakota in?

Dakota Community Unit School District 201.

Where do Dakota kids go to high school?

Dakota Jr Sr High School.

Parents talk

What Dakota 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.