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Schools in Harris Township

Harris Township’s public schools

Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 and Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Harris Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.5K
▼ 14% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
Students per teacher
9.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
988 students on the public path
In brief

Harris Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Harris Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Cuba Elem School places highest (better than 60%); Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Harris Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch and Cuba 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 Harris Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fulton County Community Unit School District 3.

Two districts serve Harris Township

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Fulton County Community Unit School District 327%
State average 29.9% · 185 students tested
Math · PK–12, Fulton County Community Unit School District 317%
State average 25.8% · 184 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 17012%
State average 29.9% · 310 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 1705%
State average 25.8% · 47 students tested · the state reports 0–10%

Harris Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Harris Township—Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 PK–12
Cass—Fulton County Community Unit School District 3
Mound—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 PK–12 · Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12
Lee—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170
Farmers—V.I.T. Community Unit School District 2

2 of the 4 neighbors share Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 with Harris Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Harris 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).

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Questions about Harris Township’s schools

Are Harris Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Harris Township. Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 and Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Harris Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Harris Township in?

Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 and Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170.

Where do Harris Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch and Cuba Sr High School.

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What Harris 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.