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Schools in Lima

Lima’s public schools

Community Unit School District 4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lima. 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 97% 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
28%
2020–21
Math proficiency
16%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.5K
▼ 42% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
672 students on the public path
In brief

Lima’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lima’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Unity Elementary School places highest (better than 65%); Unity Middle School lowest (33%). 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 Lima, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Unity Elementary Schoolin MendonB+
5–8Unity Middle Schoolin MendonC
9–12Unity High Schoolin MendonB−

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

The district

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

Community Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 672 students · 12.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,498IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 29.9% · 340 students tested
Math16%
State average 25.8% · 330 students tested

Lima vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lima—Community Unit School District 4

Every school in Lima

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 Limain other towns
Unity Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Mendon
B+
296 students14:1Rate it →
Unity Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Mendon
C
200 students13:1Rate it →
Unity High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Mendon
B−
176 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Lima’s schools

Are Lima’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lima. Community Unit School District 4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lima. 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 Lima in?

Community Unit School District 4.

Where do Lima kids go to high school?

Unity High School.

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What Lima 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.