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Schools in Lucas Township

Lucas Township’s public schools

Dieterich Community Unit School District 30 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lucas Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 111% 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
39%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.0K
▼ 44% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.4
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
632 students on the public path
In brief

Lucas Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lucas Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Dieterich Elem School places highest (better than 91%); Dieterich Jr/Sr High School lowest (65%). 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 Lucas Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Dieterich Elem Schoolin DieterichA
7–12Dieterich Jr/Sr High Schoolin DieterichB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Dieterich Community Unit School District 30.

The district

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

Dieterich Community Unit School District 30Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 632 students, up 12% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$11,974IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading46%
State average 29.9% · 298 students tested
Math39%
State average 25.8% · 287 students tested

Lucas Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lucas Township—Dieterich Community Unit School District 30
Union—Dieterich Community Unit School District 30 PK–12 · Effingham Community Unit School District 40 PK–12
BishopADieterich Community Unit School District 30 PK–12 · Teutopolis Community Unit School District 50 PK–12
North Muddy—Jasper County Community Unit School District 1

2 of the 3 neighbors share Dieterich Community Unit School District 30 with Lucas Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Lucas Township

2 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 Lucas Townshipin other towns
Dieterich Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dieterich
A
359 students15:1Rate it →
Dieterich Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Dieterich
B+
273 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lucas Township’s schools

Are Lucas Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lucas Township. Dieterich Community Unit School District 30 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lucas Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lucas Township in?

Dieterich Community Unit School District 30.

Where do Lucas Township kids go to high school?

Dieterich Jr/Sr High School.

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What Lucas 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.