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Schools in Emden

Emden’s public schools

Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Emden. 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 91% 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
$20.9K
▼ 3% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
175 students on the public path
In brief

Emden’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Emden’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Emden Elementary School places highest (better than 68%); Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr 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 Emden, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Emden Elementary SchoolHartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21B+
6–12Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High Schoolin HartsburgB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21.

The district

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

Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21Grades K–12 · 2 schools · 175 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 9.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,876IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 92 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 80 students tested

Emden vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Emden—Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21

Every school in Emden

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 Emdenin other towns
Emden Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
B+
90 students10:1Rate it →
Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Hartsburg
B−
85 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Emden’s schools

Are Emden’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Emden. Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Emden. 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 Emden in?

Hartsburg-Emden Community Unit School District 21.

Where do Emden kids go to high school?

Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr 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.