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Schools in Lee Center Township

Lee Center Township’s public schools

Mendota Township High School District 280, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 and Amboy Community Unit School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lee Center Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 98% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.5K
▼ 14% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Amboy Community Unit School District 272
Students per teacher
12.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
927 students on the public path
In brief

Lee Center Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lee Center Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Amboy Central Elem School places highest (better than 86%); Amboy Jr High School lowest (35%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lee Center Township, graded from B− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Ashton-Franklin Center HS and Amboy Jr 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 Lee Center Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mendota Township High School District 280.

Three districts serve Lee Center Township

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

Mendota Township High School District 280Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 493 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,043IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 434 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,678IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Amboy Community Unit School District 272Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 722 students · 12.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,499IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Mendota Township High School District 28022%
State average 29.9% · 128 students tested
Math · 9–12, Mendota Township High School District 28022%
State average 25.8% · 134 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 27517%
State average 29.9% · 270 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 27517%
State average 25.8% · 243 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Amboy Community Unit School District 27231%
State average 29.9% · 356 students tested
Math · PK–12, Amboy Community Unit School District 27222%
State average 25.8% · 357 students tested

Lee Center Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lee Center Township—Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 PK–12 · Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
AmboyB−Amboy Community Unit School District 272
Bradford—Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 PK–12 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
Sublette—Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
Viola—Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Paw Paw CUSD 271 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Mendota Township High School District 280 with Lee Center Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lee Center 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 Lee Center Townshipin other towns
Amboy Central Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Amboy
A
283 students13:1Rate it →
Ashton-Franklin Center Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Franklin Grove
B−
218 students11:1Rate it →
Amboy Jr High School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Amboy
C+
210 students12:1Rate it →
Ashton-Franklin Center HS
High · Grades 7–12 · Ashton
C+
216 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lee Center Township’s schools

Are Lee Center Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lee Center Township. Mendota Township High School District 280, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 and Amboy Community Unit School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lee Center Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lee Center Township in?

Mendota Township High School District 280, Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 and Amboy Community Unit School District 272.

Where do Lee Center Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ashton-Franklin Center HS and Amboy Jr High School.

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What Lee Center 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.