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Schools in Marion Township

Marion Township’s public schools

Amboy Community Unit School District 272 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marion Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
31%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.5K
▼ 14% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
722 students on the public path
In brief

Marion Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Marion Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Amboy Central Elem School places highest (better than 86%); Amboy Jr High School lowest (35%). 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 Marion Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Amboy Central Elem Schoolin AmboyA
5–8Amboy Jr High Schoolin AmboyC+
9–12Amboy High Schoolin AmboyB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Amboy Community Unit School District 272.

The district

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

Amboy Community Unit School District 272Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 722 students · 12.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,499IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 29.9% · 356 students tested
Math22%
State average 25.8% · 357 students tested

Marion Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Marion Township—Amboy Community Unit School District 272
AmboyB−Amboy Community Unit School District 272
East Grove—Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Ohio Community Consolidated School District 17 PK–8 · Ohio Community High School District 505 9–12
South Dixon—Dixon Unit School District 170 PK–12 · Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12
Harmon—Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12

All 4 neighbors share Amboy Community Unit School District 272 with Marion Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Marion Township

3 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 Marion Townshipin other towns
Amboy Central Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Amboy
A
283 students13:1Rate it →
Amboy Jr High School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Amboy
C+
210 students12:1Rate it →
Amboy High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Amboy
B−
229 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Marion Township’s schools

Are Marion Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Marion Township. Amboy Community Unit School District 272 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marion Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Marion Township in?

Amboy Community Unit School District 272.

Where do Marion Township kids go to high school?

Amboy 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.