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Schools in Lake Carroll

Lake Carroll’s public schools

Eastland Community Unit School District 308 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Carroll. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 94% 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
47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
36%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.0K
▼ 17% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
731 students on the public path
In brief

Lake Carroll’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lake Carroll’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Eastland Elementary School places highest (better than 91%); Eastland Jr/Sr High School lowest (73%). 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 Lake Carroll, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Eastland Elementary Schoolin ShannonA
7–12Eastland Jr/Sr High Schoolin LanarkB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Eastland Community Unit School District 308.

The district

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

Eastland Community Unit School District 308Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 731 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,978IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 29.9% · 335 students tested
Math36%
State average 25.8% · 324 students tested

Lake Carroll vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Lake Carroll’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lake Carroll—Eastland Community Unit School District 308
Cherry Grove-ShannonA−Eastland Community Unit School District 308
Freedom—Eastland Community Unit School District 308 PK–12 · West Carroll Community Unit School District 314 PK–12
Jefferson—Pearl City Community Unit School District 200

2 of the 3 neighbors share Eastland Community Unit School District 308 with Lake Carroll, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Lake Carroll

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).

Also serving Lake Carrollin other towns
Eastland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shannon
A
433 students14:1Rate it →
Eastland Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Lanark
B+
298 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Lake Carroll’s schools

Are Lake Carroll’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lake Carroll. Eastland Community Unit School District 308 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Carroll. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Lake Carroll in?

Eastland Community Unit School District 308.

Where do Lake Carroll kids go to high school?

Eastland Jr/Sr 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.