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Schools in Naplate

Naplate’s public schools

Ottawa Elementary School District 141 and Ottawa Township High School District 140 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Naplate. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/5schools 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Spent per student
$18.1K
▼ 16% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Ottawa Elementary School District 141
Students per teacher
13.3
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
2,631 students on the public path
In brief

Naplate’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Naplate’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. McKinley Elem School places highest (better than 83%); Lincoln Elem School lowest (42%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Naplate, graded from C+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Ottawa Township 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 Naplate, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A−
7–8Shepherd Middle Schoolin OttawaB−
9–12Ottawa Township High Schoolin OttawaB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ottawa Elementary School District 141.

Two districts serve Naplate

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

Ottawa Elementary School District 141Grades PK–8 · 5 schools · 1,747 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,096IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Ottawa Township High School District 140Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,223 students, down 6% since 2021–22 · 13.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,784IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Ottawa Elementary School District 14127%
State average 29.9% · 1070 students tested
Math · PK–8, Ottawa Elementary School District 14117%
State average 25.8% · 983 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Ottawa Township High School District 14025%
State average 29.9% · 265 students tested
Math · 9–12, Ottawa Township High School District 14017%
State average 25.8% · 269 students tested

Naplate vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Naplate—Ottawa Elementary School District 141 PK–8 · Ottawa Township High School District 140 9–12
OttawaB−Ottawa Elementary School District 141 PK–8 · Rutland Community Consolidated School District 230 PK–8 · Wallace Community Consolidated School District 195 PK–8

Every school in Naplate

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).

Also serving Naplatein other towns
Lincoln Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Ottawa
C+
387 students13:1Rate it →
McKinley Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Ottawa
A−
364 students15:1Rate it →
Jefferson Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Ottawa
B
304 students13:1Rate it →
Shepherd Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Ottawa
B−
353 students12:1Rate it →
Ottawa Township High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Ottawa
B−
1,223 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Naplate’s schools

Are Naplate’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Naplate. Ottawa Elementary School District 141 and Ottawa Township High School District 140 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Naplate. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Naplate in?

Ottawa Elementary School District 141 and Ottawa Township High School District 140.

Where do Naplate kids go to high school?

Ottawa Township High 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.