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Schools in Elk Prairie Township

Elk Prairie Township’s public schools

Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elk Prairie 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 99% 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
$16.1K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
310 students on the public path
In brief

Elk Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Elk Prairie Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Waltonville Grade School places highest (better than 54%); Waltonville 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 Elk Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Waltonville Grade Schoolin WaltonvilleB−
9–12Waltonville High Schoolin WaltonvilleB−

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

Waltonville Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 310 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,100IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 169 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 172 students tested

Elk Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Elk Prairie Township—Waltonville Community Unit School District 1
McClellanC+Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Woodlawn Unit District 209 PK–12 · McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12 K–8
Bald Hill—Waltonville Community Unit School District 1
Barren—Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 PK–12 · Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
Spring GardenCSpring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178 K–8 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 9–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 with Elk Prairie Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Elk Prairie 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).

Also serving Elk Prairie Townshipin other towns
Waltonville Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Waltonville
B−
212 students12:1Rate it →
Waltonville High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Waltonville
B−
98 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Elk Prairie Township’s schools

Are Elk Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Elk Prairie Township. Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elk Prairie 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 Elk Prairie Township in?

Waltonville Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Elk Prairie Township kids go to high school?

Waltonville 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.