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Schools in Eastern Township

Eastern Township’s public schools

Benton Consolidated High School District 103 and Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Eastern Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 107% 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
17%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
72%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.7K
▼ 9% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103
Students per teacher
13.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
728 students on the public path
In brief

Eastern Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Eastern Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Akin Comm Cons Elem School places highest (better than 86%); Benton Cons High School lowest (48%). 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 Eastern Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Akin Comm Cons Elem SchoolAkin Community Consolidated School District 91A
9–12Benton Cons High Schoolin BentonB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Benton Consolidated High School District 103.

Two districts serve Eastern Township

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

Benton Consolidated High School District 103Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 604 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,692IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Akin Community Consolidated School District 91Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 124 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,795IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Benton Consolidated High School District 10317%
State average 29.9% · 109 students tested
Math · 9–12, Benton Consolidated High School District 10317%
State average 25.8% · 139 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Akin Community Consolidated School District 9144%
State average 29.9% · 39 students tested
Math · PK–8, Akin Community Consolidated School District 9144%
State average 25.8% · 52 students tested

Eastern Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Eastern Township—Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
Flannigan—Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
CaveDThompsonville Community Unit School District 174
Northern—Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 PK–8 · Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
BentonC−Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Benton Consolidated High School District 103 with Eastern Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Eastern Township

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).

District schools in Eastern Townshipby address
Akin Comm Cons Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Akin
A
124 students11:1Rate it →
Also serving Eastern Townshipin other towns
Benton Cons High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Benton
B−
604 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Eastern Township’s schools

Are Eastern Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Eastern Township. Benton Consolidated High School District 103 and Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Eastern Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Eastern Township in?

Benton Consolidated High School District 103 and Akin Community Consolidated School District 91.

Where do Eastern Township kids go to high school?

Benton Cons 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.