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Schools in Dawson

Dawson’s public schools

Tri-City Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dawson. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 106% 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
28%
2020–21
Math proficiency
21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.2K
▼ 34% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
564 students on the public path
In brief

Dawson’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Dawson’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Tri-City Jr High School places highest (better than 60%); Tri-City High School lowest (45%). 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 Dawson, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Tri-City Elem Schoolin BuffaloB−
6–8Tri-City Jr High Schoolin BuffaloB
9–12Tri-City High Schoolin BuffaloB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Tri-City Community Unit School District 1.

The district

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

Tri-City Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 564 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,228IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 29.9% · 304 students tested
Math21%
State average 25.8% · 258 students tested

Dawson vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Dawson—Tri-City Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Dawson

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 Dawsonin other towns
Tri-City Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buffalo
B−
273 students12:1Rate it →
Tri-City Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Buffalo
B
137 students11:1Rate it →
Tri-City High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Buffalo
B−
154 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Dawson’s schools

Are Dawson’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dawson. Tri-City Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dawson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Dawson in?

Tri-City Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Dawson kids go to high school?

Tri-City 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.