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Schools in Hire Township

Hire Township’s public schools

West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hire 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 109% 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
20%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.9K
▼ 3% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
573 students on the public path
In brief

Hire Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Hire Township’s 4 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

Two elementary schools serve Hire Township, graded from B to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: 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 Hire Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB to A+
7–8West Prairie Junior High Schoolin ColchesterC
9–12West Prairie Senior High Schoolin ColchesterB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the West Prairie Community Unit School District 103.

The district

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

West Prairie Community Unit School District 103Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 573 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,946IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading22%
State average 29.9% · 311 students tested
Math20%
State average 25.8% · 287 students tested

Hire Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hire Township—West Prairie Community Unit School District 103
Blandinsville—West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12 · Illini West High School District 307 9–12
Emmet—Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12 · West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12
Fountain Green—La Harpe Community School District 347 PK–8 · Illini West High School District 307 9–12
ColchesterC+West Prairie Community Unit School District 103
Tennessee—West Prairie Community Unit School District 103

4 of the 5 neighbors share West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 with Hire Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Hire Township

4 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 Hire Townshipin other towns
West Prairie South Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Colchester
A+
182 students11:1Rate it →
West Prairie North Elementary Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Good Hope
B
141 students9:1Rate it →
West Prairie Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Colchester
C
80 students10:1Rate it →
West Prairie Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Colchester
B−
170 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Hire Township’s schools

Are Hire Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hire Township. West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hire 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 Hire Township in?

West Prairie Community Unit School District 103.

Where do Hire Township kids go to high school?

West Prairie Senior 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.