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Schools in Freeport Township

Freeport Township’s public schools

Freeport School District 145 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Freeport Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/8schools 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
14%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
71%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.7K
▲ 5% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
10
3,703 students on the public path
In brief

Freeport Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Freeport Township’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Center Elem School places highest (better than 60%); Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School lowest (6%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Freeport Township, graded from D to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Freeport 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 Freeport Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to B
7–8Freeport Middle SchoolFreeport School District 145D
9–12Freeport High SchoolFreeport School District 145C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Freeport School District 145.

The district

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

Freeport School District 145Grades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,703 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$22,691IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading14%
State average 29.9% · 1709 students tested
Math11%
State average 25.8% · 1645 students tested

Freeport Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Freeport Township—Freeport School District 145
Freeport (city)DFreeport School District 145
LancasterDDakota Community Unit School District 201 PK–12 · Freeport School District 145 PK–12
FlorenceC−Freeport School District 145 PK–12 · Eastland Community Unit School District 308 PK–12 · Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 PK–12
HarlemDFreeport School District 145
Silver Creek—Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 PK–12 · Freeport School District 145 PK–12

All 5 neighbors share Freeport School District 145 with Freeport Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Freeport Township

10 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).

District schools in Freeport Townshipby address
Blackhawk Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
C
361 students14:1Rate it →
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
D
325 students13:1Rate it →
Empire Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
C
295 students12:1Rate it →
Center Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
B
262 students12:1Rate it →
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Freeport
C+
350 students13:1Rate it →
Carl Sandburg Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 5–6 · Freeport
C−
430 students11:1Rate it →
Freeport Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Freeport
D
515 students14:1Rate it →
Freeport High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Freeport
C
1,165 students13:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Open Bible Learning Center
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Freeport
Private · Religious
168 studentsRate it →
Aquin Elementary Junior Senior High School
Grades PK–12 · Freeport
Private · Catholic
142 students8:1Rate it →

Left off: 3 public programs with fewer than 25 students (RAP Freeport, Freeport Alternative High Sch and Career & Tech Educ Consortium).

Questions about Freeport Township’s schools

Are Freeport Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Freeport Township. Freeport School District 145 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Freeport Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Freeport Township in?

Freeport School District 145.

Where do Freeport Township kids go to high school?

Freeport High School.

Are there private schools in Freeport Township?

Yes: Open Bible Learning Center (grades PK–3, 168 students) and Aquin Elementary Junior Senior High School (grades PK–12, 142 students).

Parents talk

What Freeport 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.