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Schools in Deerfield Township

Deerfield Township’s public schools

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 and Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Deerfield Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/6schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 96% 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
37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.6K
▼ 9% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Fulton County Community Unit School District 3
Students per teacher
10.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
622 students on the public path
In brief

Deerfield Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Deerfield Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Spoon River Valley Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Cuba Sr High School lowest (46%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Deerfield Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Cuba Sr High School and Spoon River Valley 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 Deerfield 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 addressB− to B+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4.

Two districts serve Deerfield Township

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 427%
State average 29.9% · 121 students tested
Math · PK–12, Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 437%
State average 25.8% · 123 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Fulton County Community Unit School District 327%
State average 29.9% · 185 students tested
Math · PK–12, Fulton County Community Unit School District 317%
State average 25.8% · 184 students tested

Deerfield Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Deerfield Township—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Cass—Fulton County Community Unit School District 3
Joshua—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Canton Union School District 66 PK–12 · Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Lee—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
Young Hickory—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4
Ellisville—Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 PK–12 · Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 with Deerfield Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Deerfield 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).

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Questions about Deerfield Township’s schools

Are Deerfield Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Deerfield Township. Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 and Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Deerfield Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 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 Deerfield Township in?

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 and Fulton County Community Unit School District 3.

Where do Deerfield Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Cuba Sr High School and Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch.

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What Deerfield 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.