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Schools in Jefferson Township

Jefferson Township’s public schools

Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Jefferson Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 117% 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
38%
2020–21
Math proficiency
35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.8K
▼ 18% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
418 students on the public path
In brief

Jefferson Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Jefferson Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Pearl City Elementary School places highest (better than 77%); Pearl City High School lowest (58%). 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 Jefferson Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Pearl City Elementary Schoolin Pearl CityA−
7–8Pearl City Jr High Schoolin Pearl CityA−
9–12Pearl City High Schoolin Pearl CityB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pearl City Community Unit School District 200.

The district

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

Pearl City Community Unit School District 200Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 418 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,763IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 29.9% · 213 students tested
Math35%
State average 25.8% · 232 students tested

Jefferson Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Jefferson Township—Pearl City Community Unit School District 200
LoranA−Pearl City Community Unit School District 200
Berreman—Stockton Community Unit School District 206 PK–12 · Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 PK–12
Freedom—Eastland Community Unit School District 308 PK–12 · West Carroll Community Unit School District 314 PK–12
Cherry Grove-ShannonA−Eastland Community Unit School District 308
Kent—Lena-Winslow Community Unit School District 202 PK–12 · Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 with Jefferson Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Jefferson Township

3 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 Jefferson Townshipin other towns
Pearl City Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pearl City
A−
213 students11:1Rate it →
Pearl City Jr High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Pearl City
A−
58 students10:1Rate it →
Pearl City High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pearl City
B
147 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Jefferson Township’s schools

Are Jefferson Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Jefferson Township. Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Jefferson Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Jefferson Township in?

Pearl City Community Unit School District 200.

Where do Jefferson Township kids go to high school?

Pearl City 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.