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Schools in Lakewood Township

Lakewood Township’s public schools

Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 and Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lakewood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 93% 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
48%
2020–21
Math proficiency
25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.3K
▼ 34% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4
Students per teacher
12.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
876 students on the public path
In brief

Lakewood Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lakewood Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Moulton Elementary School places highest (better than 73%); Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lakewood Township, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Moulton Elementary School and Cowden-Herrick 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 Lakewood Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4.

Two districts serve Lakewood Township

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

Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4Grades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,248 students · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,289IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3AGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 343 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,221IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · K–12, Shelbyville Community Unit School District 448%
State average 29.9% · 580 students tested
Math · K–12, Shelbyville Community Unit School District 425%
State average 25.8% · 568 students tested
Reading · K–12, Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A47%
State average 29.9% · 150 students tested
Math · K–12, Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A22%
State average 25.8% · 158 students tested

Lakewood Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lakewood Township—Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 K–12 · Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A K–12
Dry Point—Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A
RoseA−Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4
Clarksburg—Stewardson-Strasburg Community Unit District 5A PK–12 · Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 K–12
Cold Spring—Pana Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A K–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A with Lakewood Township for grades K–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lakewood 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 Lakewood Townshipin other towns
Cowden-Herrick Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Herrick
B+
175 students12:1Rate it →
Shelbyville Kindergarten Center
Elementary · Grades K · Shelbyville
78 students12:1Rate it →
Moulton Elementary School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Shelbyville
B+
455 students13:1Rate it →
Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Cowden
C+
168 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Lakewood Township’s schools

Are Lakewood Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lakewood Township. Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 and Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lakewood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Lakewood Township in?

Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 and Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A.

Where do Lakewood Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Moulton Elementary School and Cowden-Herrick 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.