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Schools in Herrick

Herrick’s public schools

Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Herrick. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% 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
47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.2K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
343 students on the public path
In brief

Herrick’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Herrick’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Cowden-Herrick Grade School places highest (better than 70%); Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School lowest (37%). 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 Herrick, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Cowden-Herrick Grade SchoolCowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3AB+
6–12Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High Schoolin CowdenC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A.

The district

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

Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3AGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 343 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,221IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 29.9% · 150 students tested
Math22%
State average 25.8% · 158 students tested

Herrick vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Herrick—Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A

Every school in Herrick

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 Herrickin other towns
Cowden-Herrick Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–5
B+
175 students12:1Rate it →
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Cowden
C+
168 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Herrick’s schools

Are Herrick’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Herrick. Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Herrick. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Herrick in?

Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A.

Where do Herrick kids go to high school?

Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr 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.