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Schools in Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 102% 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
21%
2020–21
Math proficiency
7%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 30% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
498 students on the public path
In brief

Elizabethtown’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Elizabethtown’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Hardin County Elem School places highest (better than 37%); Hardin County Jr High School lowest (14%). 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 Elizabethtown, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Hardin County Elem SchoolHardin County Community Unit School District 1C+
6–8Hardin County Jr High SchoolHardin County Community Unit School District 1D
9–12Hardin County High SchoolHardin County Community Unit School District 1C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hardin County 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.

Hardin County Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 498 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,161IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading21%
State average 29.9% · 263 students tested
Math7%
State average 25.8% · 265 students tested

Elizabethtown vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Elizabethtown—Hardin County Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Elizabethtown

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 Elizabethtownin other towns
Hardin County Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
C+
216 students11:1Rate it →
Hardin County Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8
D
107 students12:1Rate it →
Hardin County High School
High · Grades 9–12
C
175 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Elizabethtown’s schools

Are Elizabethtown’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Elizabethtown. Hardin County Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elizabethtown. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Elizabethtown in?

Hardin County Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Elizabethtown kids go to high school?

Hardin County 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.