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Schools in Knight Prairie Township

Knight Prairie Township’s public schools

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Knight Prairie 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 103% 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
41%
2020–21
Math proficiency
23%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.8K
▼ 36% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.4
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,003 students on the public path
In brief

Knight Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Knight Prairie Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Dahlgren Elem School places highest (better than 73%); Hamilton County Jr/Sr High School lowest (53%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Knight Prairie Township, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Hamilton County Jr/Sr 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 Knight Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB+
7–12Hamilton County Jr/Sr High Schoolin Mc LeansboroB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10.

The district

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

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,091 students · 15.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,781IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 29.9% · 547 students tested
Math23%
State average 25.8% · 549 students tested

Knight Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Knight Prairie Township—Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
Flannigan—Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
McLeansboroB−Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
DahlgrenB−Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
Northern—Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 PK–8 · Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 with Knight Prairie Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Knight Prairie 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 Knight Prairie Townshipin other towns
East Side Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Mc Leansboro
B+
384 students15:1Rate it →
Dahlgren Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Dahlgren
B+
139 students17:1Rate it →
Hamilton County Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Mc Leansboro
B−
480 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Knight Prairie Township’s schools

Are Knight Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Knight Prairie Township. Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Knight Prairie 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 Knight Prairie Township in?

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10.

Where do Knight Prairie Township kids go to high school?

Hamilton County Jr/Sr High School.

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What Knight Prairie 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.