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Schools in Malden

Malden’s public schools

Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 and Princeton High School District 500 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Malden. 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 121% 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
24%
2020–21
Math proficiency
15%
2020–21
Spent per student
$19.5K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Princeton High School District 500
Students per teacher
14.4
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
558 students on the public path
In brief

Malden’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Malden’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Princeton High School places highest (better than 65%); Malden Grade School lowest (58%). 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 Malden, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Malden Grade SchoolMalden Community Consolidated School District 84B
9–12Princeton High Schoolin PrincetonB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Malden Community Consolidated School District 84.

Two districts serve Malden

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

Malden Community Consolidated School District 84Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 79 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,384IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Princeton High School District 500Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 479 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 15.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,488IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Malden Community Consolidated School District 8424%
State average 29.9% · 57 students tested
Math · PK–8, Malden Community Consolidated School District 8415%
State average 25.8% · 58 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Princeton High School District 50027%
State average 29.9% · 106 students tested
Math · 9–12, Princeton High School District 50027%
State average 25.8% · 128 students tested

Malden vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Malden—Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 PK–8 · Princeton High School District 500 9–12

Every school in Malden

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 Maldenin other towns
Malden Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B
79 students10:1Rate it →
Princeton High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Princeton
B+
479 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Malden’s schools

Are Malden’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Malden. Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 and Princeton High School District 500 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Malden. 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 Malden in?

Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 and Princeton High School District 500.

Where do Malden kids go to high school?

Princeton 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.