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Schools in Hope Township

Hope Township’s public schools

LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Lostant Community Unit School District 425 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hope Township. 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 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
15%
2020–21
Graduate on time
83%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$26.5K
▲ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120
Students per teacher
13.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
1,230 students on the public path
In brief

Hope Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Hope Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Lostant Elem School places highest (better than 65%); La Salle-Peru Twp High School lowest (47%). 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 Hope Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Lostant Elem SchoolLostant Community Unit School District 425B+
9–12La Salle-Peru Twp High Schoolin La SalleB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120.

Two districts serve Hope Township

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

LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,167 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$26,538IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Lostant Community Unit School District 425Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 63 students, up 12% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$22,823IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 12027%
State average 29.9% · 260 students tested
Math · 9–12, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 12015%
State average 25.8% · 295 students tested
Reading · K–8, Lostant Community Unit School District 42564%
State average 29.9% · 38 students tested
Math · K–8, Lostant Community Unit School District 42524%
State average 25.8% · 34 students tested

Hope Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hope Township—Lostant Community Unit School District 425 K–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12
MagnoliaB−Putnam County Community Unit School District 535
EdenCTonica Community Consolidated School District 79 PK–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12
EvansC+Fieldcrest Community Unit School District 6
Richland—Lostant Community Unit School District 425 K–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 with Hope Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Hope Township

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).

District schools in Hope Townshipby address
Lostant Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Lostant
B+
63 students13:1Rate it →
Also serving Hope Townshipin other towns
La Salle-Peru Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · La Salle
B−
1,167 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Hope Township’s schools

Are Hope Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hope Township. LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Lostant Community Unit School District 425 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hope Township. 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 Hope Township in?

LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Lostant Community Unit School District 425.

Where do Hope Township kids go to high school?

La Salle-Peru Twp 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.