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Schools in Lincoln Township

Lincoln Township’s public schools

Polo Community Unit School District 222 and Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lincoln Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 96% 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
46%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.3K
▼ 24% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221
Students per teacher
13.6
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
884 students on the public path
In brief

Lincoln Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Lincoln Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Aplington Middle School places highest (better than 80%); Centennial Elem School lowest (70%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lincoln Township, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch and Aplington Middle 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 Lincoln Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Polo Community Unit School District 222.

Two districts serve Lincoln Township

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

Polo Community Unit School District 222Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 594 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 13.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,826IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 714 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,346IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Polo Community Unit School District 22246%
State average 29.9% · 268 students tested
Math · PK–12, Polo Community Unit School District 22227%
State average 25.8% · 273 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 22141%
State average 29.9% · 390 students tested
Math · PK–12, Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 22125%
State average 25.8% · 405 students tested

Lincoln Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lincoln Township—Polo Community Unit School District 222 PK–12 · Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 PK–12
BuffaloB+Polo Community Unit School District 222
Mount MorrisB+Oregon Community Unit School District 220
Brookville—Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 PK–12 · Polo Community Unit School District 222 PK–12

2 of the 3 neighbors share Polo Community Unit School District 222 with Lincoln Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lincoln 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 Lincoln Townshipin other towns
Centennial Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Polo
B+
294 students16:1Rate it →
German Valley Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Forreston
70 students14:1Rate it →
Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch
High · Grades 6–12 · Forreston
B+
406 students15:1Rate it →
Aplington Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Polo
A−
114 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lincoln Township’s schools

Are Lincoln Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lincoln Township. Polo Community Unit School District 222 and Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lincoln Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Lincoln Township in?

Polo Community Unit School District 222 and Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221.

Where do Lincoln Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch and Aplington Middle School.

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What Lincoln 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.