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Schools in Lenzburg

Lenzburg’s public schools

Marissa Community Unit School District 40 and New Athens Community Unit School District 60 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lenzburg. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 122% 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
19%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.4K
▼ 5% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Marissa Community Unit School District 40
Students per teacher
12.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
816 students on the public path
In brief

Lenzburg’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lenzburg’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. New Athens Jr High places highest (better than 91%); Marissa Elem School lowest (25%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lenzburg, graded from C to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Marissa Jr & Sr High School and New Athens Jr High. 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 Lenzburg, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marissa Community Unit School District 40.

Two districts serve Lenzburg

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

Marissa Community Unit School District 40Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 492 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,444IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
New Athens Community Unit School District 60Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 488 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 13.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,719IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Marissa Community Unit School District 4019%
State average 29.9% · 269 students tested
Math · PK–12, Marissa Community Unit School District 4017%
State average 25.8% · 263 students tested
Reading · PK–12, New Athens Community Unit School District 6054%
State average 29.9% · 249 students tested
Math · PK–12, New Athens Community Unit School District 6033%
State average 25.8% · 226 students tested

Lenzburg vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lenzburg—Marissa Community Unit School District 40 PK–12 · New Athens Community Unit School District 60 PK–12
Lenzburg Township—New Athens Community Unit School District 60
MarissaCMarissa Community Unit School District 40

Every school in Lenzburg

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 Lenzburgin other towns
Marissa Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Marissa
C
266 students12:1Rate it →
New Athens Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · New Athens
A
229 students15:1Rate it →
New Athens Jr High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · New Athens
A
95 students14:1Rate it →
Marissa Jr & Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Marissa
C+
226 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Lenzburg’s schools

Are Lenzburg’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lenzburg. Marissa Community Unit School District 40 and New Athens Community Unit School District 60 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lenzburg. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Lenzburg in?

Marissa Community Unit School District 40 and New Athens Community Unit School District 60.

Where do Lenzburg kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Marissa Jr & Sr High School and New Athens Jr High.

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What Lenzburg 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.