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Schools in De Witt Township

De Witt Township’s public schools

DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 and Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for De Witt 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 103% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18
Students per teacher
9.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
825 students on the public path
In brief

De Witt Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of De Witt Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Deland-Weldon Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Deland-Weldon Middle School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve De Witt Township, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Blue Ridge High School and Deland-Weldon High School. 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 De Witt Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57.

Two districts serve De Witt Township

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

DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 173 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 7.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$26,312IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 652 students · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,407IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 5727%
State average 29.9% · 79 students tested
Math · PK–12, DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 5717%
State average 25.8% · 81 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 1818%
State average 29.9% · 282 students tested
Math · PK–12, Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 1820%
State average 25.8% · 282 students tested

De Witt Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
De Witt Township—DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 PK–12 · Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 PK–12
Santa AnnaCBlue Ridge Community Unit School District 18
Rutledge—Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18
Harp—Clinton Community Unit School District 15
Nixon—DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57
Creek—Clinton Community Unit School District 15 PK–12 · DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 PK–12

2 of the 5 neighbors share Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 with De Witt Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in De Witt 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 De Witt Townshipin other towns
Ruth M Schneider Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Farmer City
B+
265 students13:1Rate it →
Deland-Weldon Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Weldon
A−
100 students8:1Rate it →
Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Mansfield
C+
232 students11:1Rate it →
Deland-Weldon Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Weldon
C−
28 students7:1Rate it →
Blue Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Farmer City
B−
155 students8:1Rate it →
Deland-Weldon High School
High · Grades 9–12 · De Land
B−
45 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about De Witt Township’s schools

Are De Witt Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for De Witt Township. DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 and Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for De Witt 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 De Witt Township in?

DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 and Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18.

Where do De Witt Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Blue Ridge High School and Deland-Weldon High School.

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What De Witt 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.