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Schools in Mound Township

Mound Township’s public schools

Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 and Macomb Community Unit School District 185 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mound Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 113% 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
12%
2020–21
Math proficiency
5%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.4K
▼ 15% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Students per teacher
12.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,153 students on the public path
In brief

Mound Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Mound Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Macomb Senior High School places highest (better than 70%); Lincoln Elem School lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Mound Township, graded from C to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Macomb Senior High School and Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch. 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 Mound Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170.

Two districts serve Mound Township

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

Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 602 students · 8.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,491IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Macomb Community Unit School District 185Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,075 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 13.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,427IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 17012%
State average 29.9% · 310 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 1705%
State average 25.8% · 47 students tested · the state reports 0–10%
Reading · PK–12, Macomb Community Unit School District 18525%
State average 29.9% · 994 students tested
Math · PK–12, Macomb Community Unit School District 18519%
State average 25.8% · 899 students tested

Mound Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Mound Township—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 PK–12 · Macomb Community Unit School District 185 PK–12
Harris—Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 PK–12
New Salem—Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Macomb—Macomb Community Unit School District 185
Bushnell—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170

2 of the 4 neighbors share Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 with Mound Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Mound Township

6 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 Mound Townshipin other towns
Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bushnell
296 students10:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Macomb
C
412 students10:1Rate it →
Macomb Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Macomb
B
479 students13:1Rate it →
Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bushnell
131 students9:1Rate it →
Macomb Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Macomb
B+
660 students17:1Rate it →
Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · Bushnell
C
175 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Mound Township’s schools

Are Mound Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Mound Township. Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 and Macomb Community Unit School District 185 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mound Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Mound Township in?

Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 and Macomb Community Unit School District 185.

Where do Mound Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Macomb Senior High School and Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch.

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What Mound 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.