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Schools in May Township

May Township’s public schools

Ohio Community High School District 505 and Amboy Community Unit School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for May 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 2022, when 75% 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%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.5K
▼ 14% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Amboy Community Unit School District 272
Students per teacher
11.4
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
744 students on the public path
In brief

May Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of May 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 2021–22, 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 May Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Amboy Central Elem Schoolin AmboyA
5–8Amboy Jr High Schoolin AmboyC+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ohio Community High School District 505.

Two districts serve May Township

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

Ohio Community High School District 505Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 22 students, down 31% since 2020–21 · 4.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$55,962IL $21,567 · FY2024
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 · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Ohio Community High School District 50525%
State average 29.9% · 9 students tested · the state reports 0–50%
Reading · PK–12, Amboy Community Unit School District 27231%
State average 29.9% · 356 students tested
Math · PK–12, Amboy Community Unit School District 27222%
State average 25.8% · 357 students tested

May Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
May Township—Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Ohio Community High School District 505 9–12
Sublette—Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
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
La Moille—La Moille Community Unit School District 303 K–12 · Ohio Community High School District 505 9–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Amboy Community Unit School District 272 with May Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in May 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 May 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 →
Ohio Community High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Ohio
22 students4:1Rate it →

Questions about May Township’s schools

Are May Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for May Township. Ohio Community High School District 505 and Amboy Community Unit School District 272 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for May 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 May Township in?

Ohio Community High School District 505 and Amboy Community Unit School District 272.

Where do May Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Amboy High School and Ohio Community High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, 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.