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Schools in Nelson

Nelson’s public schools

East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20 and Rock Falls Township High School District 301 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Nelson. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 106% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Spent per student
$21.1K
▼ 2% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301
Students per teacher
13.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
744 students on the public path
In brief

Nelson’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Nelson’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Rock Falls Township High School places highest (better than 60%); East Coloma - Nelson Elem Sch lowest (37%). 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 Nelson, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8East Coloma - Nelson Elem Schin Rock FallsC+
9–12Rock Falls Township High Schoolin Rock FallsB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20.

Two districts serve Nelson

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

East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 214 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,268IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
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
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 2022%
State average 29.9% · 154 students tested
Math · PK–8, East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 2017%
State average 25.8% · 143 students tested
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

Nelson vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Nelson—East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20 PK–8 · Rock Falls Township High School District 301 9–12

Every school in Nelson

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).

Also serving Nelsonin other towns
East Coloma - Nelson Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Rock Falls
C+
214 students12:1Rate it →
Rock Falls Township High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rock Falls
B
530 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Nelson’s schools

Are Nelson’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Nelson. East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20 and Rock Falls Township High School District 301 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Nelson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Nelson in?

East Coloma-Nelson Consolidated Elementary School District 20 and Rock Falls Township High School District 301.

Where do Nelson kids go to high school?

Rock Falls 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.