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Schools in Hamburg

Hamburg’s public schools

Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hamburg. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.9K
▼ 26% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
507 students on the public path
In brief

Hamburg’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Hamburg’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Calhoun High School places highest (better than 68%); Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High Sch lowest (59%). 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 Hamburg, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High Schin HardinB
9–12Calhoun High Schoolin HardinB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Calhoun Community Unit School District 40.

The district

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

Calhoun Community Unit School District 40Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 507 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,908IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading22%
State average 29.9% · 242 students tested
Math24%
State average 25.8% · 241 students tested

Hamburg vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Hamburg—Calhoun Community Unit School District 40

Every school in Hamburg

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 Hamburgin other towns
Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Hardin
B
336 students11:1Rate it →
Calhoun High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Hardin
B+
171 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Hamburg’s schools

Are Hamburg’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hamburg. Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hamburg. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Hamburg in?

Calhoun Community Unit School District 40.

Where do Hamburg kids go to high school?

Calhoun High School.

Parents talk

What Hamburg 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.