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Schools in Lake Township

Lake Township’s public schools

Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 92% 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
29%
2020–21
Math proficiency
18%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.5K
▼ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
926 students on the public path
In brief

Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lake Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Carlyle Elementary School places highest (better than 73%); Carlyle Junior High School lowest (47%). 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 Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Carlyle Elementary Schoolin CarlyleB+
5–8Carlyle Junior High Schoolin CarlyleB−
9–12Carlyle High Schoolin CarlyleB−

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

The district

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

Carlyle Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 926 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 12.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,519IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading29%
State average 29.9% · 500 students tested
Math18%
State average 25.8% · 492 students tested

Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lake Township—Carlyle Community Unit School District 1
HoyletonB−Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49 PK–8 · Nashville Community High School District 99 9–12
Santa FeBBartelso School District 57 PK–8 · Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Central Community High School District 71 9–12
Covington—West Washington County Community Unit District 10 PK–12 · Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49 PK–8 · Nashville Community High School District 99 9–12
CarlyleC+Carlyle Community Unit School District 1
Clement—Carlyle Community Unit School District 1
BrooksideCWillow Grove School District 46 PK–8 · Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Centralia High School District 200 9–12

4 of the 6 neighbors share Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 with Lake Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Lake 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 Lake Townshipin other towns
Carlyle Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Carlyle
B+
364 students14:1Rate it →
Carlyle Junior High School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Carlyle
B−
281 students14:1Rate it →
Carlyle High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Carlyle
B−
281 students10:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Trinity Lutheran School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Hoffman
Private · Religious
65 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lake Township’s schools

Are Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lake Township. Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Lake Township in?

Carlyle Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Lake Township kids go to high school?

Carlyle High School.

Are there private schools in Lake Township?

Yes: Trinity Lutheran School (grades PK–8, 65 students).

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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.