Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0Mendota Township’s public schools
Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 and Mendota Township High School District 280 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mendota Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 94% 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
Mendota Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Mendota Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Mendota Twp High School places highest (better than 42%); Lincoln Elem School lowest (29%). 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 Mendota Township, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Mendota Township
Blackstone Elem School
Grades K–1 · 197 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
1st grade in Mendota Township
Blackstone Elem School
Grades K–1 · 197 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
2nd grade in Mendota Township
Lincoln Elem School
Grades 2–4 · 319 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
3rd grade in Mendota Township
Lincoln Elem School
Grades 2–4 · 319 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
4th grade in Mendota Township
Lincoln Elem School
Grades 2–4 · 319 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
5th grade in Mendota Township
Northbrook School
Grades 5–8 · 526 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
6th grade in Mendota Township
Northbrook School
Grades 5–8 · 526 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
7th grade in Mendota Township
Northbrook School
Grades 5–8 · 526 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
8th grade in Mendota Township
Northbrook School
Grades 5–8 · 526 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
9th grade in Mendota Township
Mendota Twp High School
Grades 9–12 · 493 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
10th grade in Mendota Township
Mendota Twp High School
Grades 9–12 · 493 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
11th grade in Mendota Township
Mendota Twp High School
Grades 9–12 · 493 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
12th grade in Mendota Township
Mendota Twp High School
Grades 9–12 · 493 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mendota
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289.
Two districts serve Mendota Township
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Mendota Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Mendota Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Mendota Township | — | Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12 |
| Troy Grove | C | Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12 |
| Meriden | — | Earlville Community Unit School District 9 PK–12 · Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12 |
| Mendota (city) | C | Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12 |
| Brooklyn | — | Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12 |
| Clarion | — | La Moille Community Unit School District 303 K–12 · Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12 |
All 5 neighbors share Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 with Mendota Township for grades K–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Mendota 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).
Questions about Mendota Township’s schools
Are Mendota Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Mendota Township. Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 and Mendota Township High School District 280 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mendota Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Mendota Township in?
Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 and Mendota Township High School District 280.
Where do Mendota Township kids go to high school?
Mendota Twp High School.
Are there private schools in Mendota Township?
Yes: Holy Cross Elementary School (grades PK–8, 173 students).
Parents talk
What Mendota Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Mendota Township → They have their own page.
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.