Photo: User:Visviva · CC BY-SA 4.0Hancock Township’s public schools
Illini West High School District 307, Carthage Elementary School District 317, La Harpe Community School District 347 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hancock Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 92% 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
Hancock Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
3 of Hancock Township’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. West Prairie South Elementary Sch places highest (better than 96%); West Prairie Junior High School lowest (28%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Four elementary schools serve Hancock Township, graded from B− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and two high schools: Illini West High School and West Prairie Senior 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 Hancock Township, with each school’s own grade.
7th grade in Hancock Township · depends on your address
La Harpe Elementary School
Grades PK–8 · 181 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in La Harpe
Carthage Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 167 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
West Prairie Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 80 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Colchester
8th grade in Hancock Township · depends on your address
La Harpe Elementary School
Grades PK–8 · 181 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in La Harpe
Carthage Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 167 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
West Prairie Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 80 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Colchester
9th grade in Hancock Township · depends on your address
Illini West High School
Grades 9–12 · 349 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
West Prairie Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 170 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Colchester
10th grade in Hancock Township · depends on your address
Illini West High School
Grades 9–12 · 349 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
West Prairie Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 170 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Colchester
11th grade in Hancock Township · depends on your address
Illini West High School
Grades 9–12 · 349 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
West Prairie Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 170 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Colchester
12th grade in Hancock Township · depends on your address
Illini West High School
Grades 9–12 · 349 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
West Prairie Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 170 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Colchester
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Illini West High School District 307.
Four districts serve Hancock Township
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Hancock Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Hancock Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock Township | — | Carthage Elementary School District 317 PK–8 · La Harpe Community School District 347 PK–8 · West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12 |
| Carthage | B− | Carthage Elementary School District 317 PK–8 · Illini West High School District 307 9–12 |
| St. Mary | — | Southeastern Community Unit School District 337 PK–12 · Illini West High School District 307 9–12 |
| Fountain Green | — | La Harpe Community School District 347 PK–8 · Illini West High School District 307 9–12 |
| Tennessee | — | West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 |
3 of the 4 neighbors share Illini West High School District 307 with Hancock Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Hancock Township
8 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).
Questions about Hancock Township’s schools
Are Hancock Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Hancock Township. Illini West High School District 307, Carthage Elementary School District 317, La Harpe Community School District 347 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hancock Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Hancock Township in?
Illini West High School District 307, Carthage Elementary School District 317, La Harpe Community School District 347 and West Prairie Community Unit School District 103.
Where do Hancock Township kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Illini West High School and West Prairie Senior High School.
Parents talk
What Hancock Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Hancock Township → They have their own page.
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.