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Schools in Hunt City Township

Hunt City Township’s public schools

Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 and Oblong Community Unit School District 4 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hunt City Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 102% 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
34%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.5K
▼ 33% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Jasper County Community Unit School District 1
Students per teacher
13.3
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,071 students on the public path
In brief

Hunt City Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Hunt City Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Newton Comm High School places highest (better than 48%); Oblong High School lowest (34%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Hunt City Township, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Newton Comm High School and Oblong 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 Hunt City Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Jasper County Community Unit School District 1.

Two districts serve Hunt City Township

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

Jasper County Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,197 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 14.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,548IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Oblong Community Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 526 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,045IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Jasper County Community Unit School District 134%
State average 29.9% · 582 students tested
Math · PK–12, Jasper County Community Unit School District 129%
State average 25.8% · 614 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Oblong Community Unit School District 425%
State average 29.9% · 277 students tested
Math · PK–12, Oblong Community Unit School District 410%
State average 25.8% · 264 students tested

Hunt City Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hunt City Township—Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Oblong Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Willow Hill—Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Oblong Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Grandville—Jasper County Community Unit School District 1
Crooked Creek—Jasper County Community Unit School District 1

All 3 neighbors share Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 with Hunt City Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Hunt City 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 Hunt City Townshipin other towns
Oblong Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Oblong
C+
361 students12:1Rate it →
Ste Marie Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Sainte Marie
133 students17:1Rate it →
Newton Comm High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Newton
B−
412 students15:1Rate it →
Oblong High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Oblong
C
165 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Hunt City Township’s schools

Are Hunt City Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hunt City Township. Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 and Oblong Community Unit School District 4 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hunt City Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Hunt City Township in?

Jasper County Community Unit School District 1 and Oblong Community Unit School District 4.

Where do Hunt City Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Newton Comm High School and Oblong High School.

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What Hunt City 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.