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Schools in Marengo Township

Marengo Township’s public schools

Marengo Community High School District 154 and Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marengo Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 101% 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 28% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165
Students per teacher
14.9
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
4
1,777 students on the public path
In brief

Marengo Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Marengo Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Locust Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Ulysses S Grant Intermediate Sch lowest (48%). 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 Marengo Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Locust Elem SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165A−
6–8Marengo Comm Middle SchoolMarengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165B
9–12Marengo High Schoolin MarengoA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marengo Community High School District 154.

Two districts serve Marengo Township

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

Marengo Community High School District 154Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 685 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$22,343IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,092 students, up 11% since 2020–21 · 15.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,584IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Marengo Community High School District 15432%
State average 29.9% · 160 students tested
Math · 9–12, Marengo Community High School District 15437%
State average 25.8% · 149 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16526%
State average 29.9% · 630 students tested
Math · PK–8, Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16527%
State average 25.8% · 615 students tested

Marengo Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Marengo Township—Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 PK–8 · Marengo Community High School District 154 9–12
RileyB+Riley Community Consolidated School District 18 K–8 · Marengo Community High School District 154 9–12
BonusC−Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100
SenecaB+Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 PK–12 · Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 PK–8 · Marengo Community High School District 154 9–12
DunhamDHarvard Community Unit School District 50

2 of the 4 neighbors share Marengo Community High School District 154 with Marengo Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Marengo Township

5 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).

District schools in Marengo Townshipby address
Locust Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Marengo
A−
501 students14:1Rate it →
Ulysses S Grant Intermediate Sch
Elementary · Grades 4–5 · Marengo
B−
249 students16:1Rate it →
Marengo Comm Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Marengo
B
342 students16:1Rate it →
Also serving Marengo Townshipin other towns
Marengo High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Marengo
A−
685 students14:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Zion Lutheran School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Marengo
Private · Religious
297 students23:1Rate it →

Questions about Marengo Township’s schools

Are Marengo Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Marengo Township. Marengo Community High School District 154 and Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marengo Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Marengo Township in?

Marengo Community High School District 154 and Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165.

Where do Marengo Township kids go to high school?

Marengo High School.

Are there private schools in Marengo Township?

Yes: Zion Lutheran School (grades PK–8, 297 students).

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What Marengo 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.