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Schools in Fairfield Township

Fairfield Township’s public schools

Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 and Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fairfield Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/7schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% 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
41%
2020–21
Math proficiency
16%
2020–21
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.7K
▼ 4% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
Students per teacher
11.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
1,644 students on the public path
In brief

Fairfield Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Fairfield Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Prophetstown Elem School places highest (better than 73%); Bureau Valley High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Fairfield Township, graded from C+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Bureau Valley High School and Prophetstown High School. 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 Fairfield Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3.

Two districts serve Fairfield Township

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

Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 738 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,473IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 906 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,747IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 341%
State average 29.9% · 378 students tested
Math · PK–12, Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 316%
State average 25.8% · 382 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 34036%
State average 29.9% · 466 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 34020%
State average 25.8% · 488 students tested

Fairfield Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Fairfield Township—Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 PK–12
Yorktown—Annawan Community Unit School District 226 PK–12 · Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Greenville—Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
Gold—Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 PK–12 · Annawan Community Unit School District 226 PK–12
Tampico—Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3
ProphetstownCProphetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3
Alba—Annawan Community Unit School District 226

3 of the 6 neighbors share Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 with Fairfield Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Fairfield Township

9 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 Fairfield Townshipin other towns
Prophetstown Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Prophetstown
B+
229 students15:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley North
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Walnut
B−
183 students9:1Rate it →
Tampico Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tampico
C+
156 students13:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Wyanet
126 students16:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley Elem and JH
Middle · Grades 3–8 · Manlius
B
303 students10:1Rate it →
PLT Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Prophetstown
C+
148 students11:1Rate it →
Bureau Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Sheffield
C+
294 students11:1Rate it →
Prophetstown High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Prophetstown
B−
205 students13:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Fairfield Amish Mennonite School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Tampico
Private · Religious
90 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Fairfield Township’s schools

Are Fairfield Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Fairfield Township. Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 and Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fairfield Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Fairfield Township in?

Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 and Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340.

Where do Fairfield Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Bureau Valley High School and Prophetstown High School.

Are there private schools in Fairfield Township?

Yes: Fairfield Amish Mennonite School (grades K–8, 90 students).

Parents talk

What Fairfield 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.