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Schools in Macomb Township

Macomb Township’s public schools

Macomb Community Unit School District 185 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Macomb Township. 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 106% 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
25%
2020–21
Math proficiency
19%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.4K
▼ 15% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.3
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,948 students on the public path
In brief

Macomb Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Macomb Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Macomb Senior High School places highest (better than 70%); Lincoln Elem School lowest (31%). 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 Macomb Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–2Lincoln Elem Schoolin MacombC
3–5Edison Elementary Schoolin MacombC+
6–8Macomb Middle Schoolin MacombB
9–12Macomb Senior High Schoolin MacombB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Macomb Community Unit School District 185.

The district

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

Macomb Community Unit School District 185Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,075 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,427IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading25%
State average 29.9% · 994 students tested
Math19%
State average 25.8% · 899 students tested

Macomb Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Macomb Township—Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Macomb CityB−Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Macomb (city)B−Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Walnut Grove—West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12 · Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 PK–12
Emmet—Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12 · West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 PK–12
Mound—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 PK–12 · Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12
Scotland—Macomb Community Unit School District 185

5 of the 6 neighbors share Macomb Community Unit School District 185 with Macomb Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Macomb 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 Macomb Townshipin other towns
Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Macomb
C
412 students10:1Rate it →
Edison Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Macomb
C+
397 students12:1Rate it →
Macomb Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Macomb
B
479 students13:1Rate it →
Macomb Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Macomb
B+
660 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Macomb Township’s schools

Are Macomb Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Macomb Township. Macomb Community Unit School District 185 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Macomb Township. 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 Macomb Township in?

Macomb Community Unit School District 185.

Where do Macomb Township kids go to high school?

Macomb Senior High 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.