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Schools in Lake Petersburg

Lake Petersburg’s public schools

Porta Community Unit School District 202 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Petersburg. 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 99% 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
23%
2020–21
Math proficiency
16%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▼ 35% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,034 students on the public path
In brief

Lake Petersburg’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lake Petersburg’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Porta High School places highest (better than 60%); Porta Central lowest (42%). 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 Petersburg, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Petersburg Elem Schoolin PetersburgNo scores
3–6Porta Centralin PetersburgC+
7–12Porta High Schoolin PetersburgB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Porta Community Unit School District 202.

The district

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

Porta Community Unit School District 202Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,034 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,969IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading23%
State average 29.9% · 477 students tested
Math16%
State average 25.8% · 444 students tested

Lake Petersburg vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Lake Petersburg—Porta Community Unit School District 202

Every school in Lake Petersburg

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 Lake Petersburgin other towns
Petersburg Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Petersburg
335 students13:1Rate it →
Porta Central
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Petersburg
C+
288 students12:1Rate it →
Porta High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Petersburg
B
411 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lake Petersburg’s schools

Are Lake Petersburg’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lake Petersburg. Porta Community Unit School District 202 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Petersburg. 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 Lake Petersburg in?

Porta Community Unit School District 202.

Where do Lake Petersburg kids go to high school?

Porta 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.