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Schools in Montmorency Township · Rock Falls Township High School District 301, Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145

Montmorency Township’s public schools outscore 59% of Illinois districts

The grade covers the two public school districts serving Montmorency Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. In Montmorency Township, 24% of tested students read at a proficient level, below the Illinois average (30%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
24%
▼ 5 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
26%
▲ 1 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90–94%
▲ 2–6 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.1K
▼ 2% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301
Students per teacher
12.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
739 students on the public path
In brief

Montmorency Township’s schools, in brief

Montmorency Township runs its own schools through grade 8, then shares

Montmorency CCSD #145 (K–8) is Montmorency Township’s own. From grade 9, students attend the Rock Falls Township High School District 301 with Coloma, Hahnaman, Harmon, Hume, Nelson, Nelson and Rock Falls: Rock Falls Township High School in Rock Falls. The high school’s own results earn a B, the highest on the path. See the path ↓

Above the state in math, below in reading

Reading proficiency is 24% and math 26% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 90–94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Rock Falls Township High School District 301 spends $21,141 per student and Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 $18,221, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Montmorency Township’s grade

B− Test scoresB Graduation

B: better than 59% of Illinois school districts. Graduation is above the Illinois average; test scores are below it.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 59%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1257)Better than 55%
Towns in Whiteside County (22)Better than 64%
C+B+A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 290 test results and a graduating class of 142 could put Montmorency Township anywhere from C+ to B+. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Montmorency Township’s students in the tested grades sat them (301 in math, 279 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Montmorency Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Montmorency CCSD #145Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145B
9–12Rock Falls Township High Schoolin Rock FallsB

Montmorency Township runs its own schools through grade 8 (Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145). From grade 9, students attend the Rock Falls Township High School District 301, shared with Coloma, Hahnaman, Harmon, Hume, Nelson, Nelson and Rock Falls. Its high school is in Rock Falls. Parts of Montmorency Township (2% of its land) are served by Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Montmorency Township

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

Rock Falls Township High School District 301Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 530 students, down 16% since 2020–21 · 13.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,141IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 209 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,221IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Rock Falls Township High School District 30122%
State average 29.9% · 141 students tested
Math · 9–12, Rock Falls Township High School District 30122%
State average 25.8% · 171 students tested
Reading · K–8, Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 14527%
State average 29.9% · 138 students tested
Math · K–8, Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 14532%
State average 25.8% · 130 students tested

Montmorency Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Montmorency TownshipBMontmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 K–8 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12
Hume—Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 K–8 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12
Harmon—Amboy Community Unit School District 272 PK–12 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12
Hahnaman—Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12
ColomaB−Rock Falls Elementary School District 13 PK–8 · East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20 PK–8 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12

All 4 neighbors share Rock Falls Township High School District 301 with Montmorency Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Montmorency Township

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).

District schools in Montmorency Townshipby address
Montmorency CCSD #145
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Rock Falls
B
209 students10:1Rate it →
Also serving Montmorency Townshipin other towns
Rock Falls Township High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rock Falls
B
530 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Montmorency Township’s schools

Are Montmorency Township’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Illinois: the public schools Montmorency Township children attend outscore 59% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 55%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Montmorency Township in?

Two districts: Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 runs grades K–8, and Rock Falls Township High School District 301 runs grades 9–12, shared with Coloma, Hahnaman, Harmon, Hume, Nelson, Nelson and Rock Falls.

Where do Montmorency Township kids go to high school?

Rock Falls Township High School in Rock Falls, with 530 students; its own test results earn a B.

What is Montmorency Township’s graduation rate?

90–94% of the class of 2023 in Rock Falls Township High School District 301 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Montmorency Township spend per student?

$21,141 in Rock Falls Township High School District 301 and $18,221 in Montmorency Community Consolidated School District 145 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.