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Schools in Foster Township

Foster Township’s public schools

South Central Community Unit School District 401 and Patoka Community Unit School District 100 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Foster Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/6schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▼ 27% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · South Central Community Unit School District 401
Students per teacher
10.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
793 students on the public path
In brief

Foster Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Foster Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Patoka Sr High School places highest (better than 54%); Patoka Jr High School lowest (6%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Foster Township, graded from C to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: South Central High School and Patoka Sr 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 Foster Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the South Central Community Unit School District 401.

Two districts serve Foster Township

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

South Central Community Unit School District 401Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 592 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,719IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Patoka Community Unit School District 100Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 201 students, down 16% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,493IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, South Central Community Unit School District 40122%
State average 29.9% · 309 students tested
Math · PK–12, South Central Community Unit School District 40112%
State average 25.8% · 324 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Patoka Community Unit School District 1008%
State average 29.9% · 117 students tested
Math · PK–12, Patoka Community Unit School District 1008%
State average 25.8% · 111 students tested

Foster Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Foster Township—South Central Community Unit School District 401 PK–12 · Patoka Community Unit School District 100 PK–12
KinmundyCSouth Central Community Unit School District 401
Wilberton—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Tonti—South Central Community Unit School District 401 PK–12 · Selmaville Community Consolidated School District 10 PK–8 · Salem School District 111 K–8
Patoka—Patoka Community Unit School District 100

2 of the 4 neighbors share South Central Community Unit School District 401 with Foster Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Foster Township

6 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 Foster Townshipin other towns
South Central Elementary-Kinmundy
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kinmundy
C
269 students12:1Rate it →
Patoka Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Patoka
C
96 students10:1Rate it →
South Central Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kinmundy
C+
140 students10:1Rate it →
Patoka Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Patoka
D
44 students10:1Rate it →
South Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Farina
C+
183 students10:1Rate it →
Patoka Sr High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Patoka
B−
61 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Foster Township’s schools

Are Foster Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Foster Township. South Central Community Unit School District 401 and Patoka Community Unit School District 100 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Foster Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Foster Township in?

South Central Community Unit School District 401 and Patoka Community Unit School District 100.

Where do Foster Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: South Central High School and Patoka Sr High School.

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What Foster 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.