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Schools in Grand Tower

Grand Tower’s public schools

Shawnee Community Unit School District 84 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grand Tower. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 101% 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
12%
2020–21
Math proficiency
8%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.2K
▼ 11% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
270 students on the public path
In brief

Grand Tower’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Grand Tower’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Shawnee Jr High School places highest (better than 34%); Shawnee High School lowest (22%). 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 Grand Tower, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Shawnee Elementary Schoolin Wolf LakeC−
6–8Shawnee Jr High Schoolin Wolf LakeC
9–12Shawnee High Schoolin Wolf LakeC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Shawnee Community Unit School District 84.

The district

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

Shawnee Community Unit School District 84Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 270 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 12.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,175IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading12%
State average 29.9% · 146 students tested
Math8%
State average 25.8% · 132 students tested

Grand Tower vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Grand Tower—Shawnee Community Unit School District 84

Every school in Grand Tower

3 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 Grand Towerin other towns
Shawnee Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wolf Lake
C−
136 students18:1Rate it →
Shawnee Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wolf Lake
C
62 students12:1Rate it →
Shawnee High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Wolf Lake
C−
72 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Grand Tower’s schools

Are Grand Tower’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Grand Tower. Shawnee Community Unit School District 84 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grand Tower. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Grand Tower in?

Shawnee Community Unit School District 84.

Where do Grand Tower kids go to high school?

Shawnee 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.