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Schools in Murdock Township

Murdock Township’s public schools

Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302 and Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Murdock Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 98% 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
26%
2020–21
Math proficiency
15%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.4K
▼ 42% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302
Students per teacher
11.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
866 students on the public path
In brief

Murdock Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Murdock Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Villa Grove Elem School places highest (better than 42%); Shiloh High School lowest (14%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Murdock Township, graded from C to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Villa Grove High School and Shiloh High School. 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 Murdock Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302.

Two districts serve Murdock Township

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

Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 599 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,414IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Shiloh Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 362 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,887IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Villa Grove Community Unit School District 30226%
State average 29.9% · 300 students tested
Math · PK–12, Villa Grove Community Unit School District 30215%
State average 25.8% · 304 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Shiloh Community Unit School District 112%
State average 29.9% · 183 students tested
Math · PK–12, Shiloh Community Unit School District 18%
State average 25.8% · 177 students tested

Murdock Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Murdock Township—Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302 PK–12 · Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
Newman—Shiloh Community Unit School District 1
CamargoC+Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302
Bowdre—Arcola Consolidated Unit School District 306 PK–12 · Oakland Community Unit School District 5 PK–12

Every school in Murdock 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 Murdock Townshipin other towns
Villa Grove Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Villa Grove
C+
310 students13:1Rate it →
Shiloh Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Hume
C
247 students11:1Rate it →
Villa Grove High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Villa Grove
C
194 students12:1Rate it →
Shiloh High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Hume
D
115 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Murdock Township’s schools

Are Murdock Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Murdock Township. Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302 and Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Murdock Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Murdock Township in?

Villa Grove Community Unit School District 302 and Shiloh Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Murdock Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Villa Grove High School and Shiloh High School.

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What Murdock 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.