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Schools in Long Creek Township · Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100, Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3

Long Creek Township’s public schools outscore 74% of Illinois districts

On the state reading tests, 39% of Long Creek Township’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Long Creek Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

#230of 768 Illinois townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
39%
▲ 9 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
31%
▲ 5 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90–94%
▲ 2–6 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.9K
▼ 31% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3
Students per teacher
15.8
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
4
1,223 students on the public path
In brief

Long Creek Township’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 1360 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Long Creek Township’s, its schools beat 84%, higher than their 74% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 39% and math 31% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 90–94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 spends $15,754 per student and Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 $14,892, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Choice beyond the district

Hillside Bethel Christian School (private) is in town. Every school ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Long Creek Township’s grade

B+ Test scoresB Graduation

B+: better than 74% of Illinois school districts, #230 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 74%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1360)Better than 84%
Towns in Macon County (16)Better than 81%
BA−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 1,470 test results and a graduating class of 189 could put Long Creek Township anywhere from B to A−. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Long Creek Township’s students in the tested grades sat them (1,430 in math, 1,510 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Long Creek 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−

Long Creek Township runs its own schools through grade 12 (Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100). From grade PK, students attend the Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3, shared with Dalton City, Long Creek, Mount Zion and Mount Zion. Its elementary school is in Mount Zion. Parts of Long Creek Township (18% of its land) are served by Decatur School District 61 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Long Creek Township

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

Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 474 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,754IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,427 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 16.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,892IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 10047%
State average 29.9% · 217 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 10023%
State average 25.8% · 203 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Mount Zion Community Unit School District 338%
State average 29.9% · 1293 students tested
Math · PK–12, Mount Zion Community Unit School District 332%
State average 25.8% · 1227 students tested

Long Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Long Creek TownshipB+Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 PK–12 · Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
DecaturD−Decatur School District 61
South WheatlandB+Meridian Community Unit School District 15
Mount ZionA−Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3
Oakley—Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100
Cerro GordoBCerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100

2 of the 5 neighbors share Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 with Long Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Long Creek Township

8 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 Long Creek Townshipin other towns
McGaughey Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Mount Zion
371 students17:1Rate it →
Cerro Gordo Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cerro Gordo
B+
246 students13:1Rate it →
Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch
High · Grades 6–12 · Cerro Gordo
A−
228 students11:1Rate it →
Mt Zion Jr High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Mount Zion
B+
378 students16:1Rate it →
Other public schools in Long Creek Townshiprun by other districts or the state
Montessori Academy for Peace
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Decatur
D
586 students15:1Rate it →
Muffley Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Decatur
D−
386 students18:1Rate it →
Michael E Baum Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Decatur
D−
313 students18:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Hillside Bethel Christian School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Decatur
Private · Religious
26 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Long Creek Township’s schools

Are Long Creek Township’s schools good?

By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Long Creek Township children attend outscore 74% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #230 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 84%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Long Creek Township in?

Two districts: Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 runs grades PK–12, and Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 runs grades PK–12, shared with Dalton City, Long Creek, Mount Zion and Mount Zion.

What is Long Creek Township’s graduation rate?

90–94% of the class of 2023 in Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Long Creek Township spend per student?

$15,754 in Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100 and $14,892 in Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

Are there private schools in Long Creek Township?

Yes: Hillside Bethel Christian School (religious, grades PK–6, 26 students).

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.