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Schools in Neponset Township

Neponset Township’s public schools

Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Neponset Township. 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 100% 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
24%
2020–21
Math proficiency
8%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.8K
▼ 36% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.5
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
1
719 students on the public path
In brief

Neponset Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Neponset Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Neponset Grade School places highest (better than 65%); Kewanee High School lowest (28%). 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 Neponset Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Neponset Grade SchoolKewanee Community Unit School District 229B+
9–12Kewanee High Schoolin KewaneeC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Kewanee Community Unit School District 229.

The district

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

Kewanee Community Unit School District 229Grades PK–12 · 7 schools · 1,963 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,828IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 29.9% · 928 students tested
Math8%
State average 25.8% · 872 students tested

Neponset Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Neponset Township—Kewanee Community Unit School District 229
KewaneeCKewanee Community Unit School District 229
Macon—Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
Mineral—Annawan Community Unit School District 226 PK–12 · Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 PK–12
Elmira—Stark County Community Unit School District 100

Every school in Neponset 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 Neponset Townshipby address
Neponset Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Neponset
B+
137 students11:1Rate it →
Also serving Neponset Townshipin other towns
Kewanee High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Kewanee
C
582 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Neponset Township’s schools

Are Neponset Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Neponset Township. Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Neponset Township. 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 Neponset Township in?

Kewanee Community Unit School District 229.

Where do Neponset Township kids go to high school?

Kewanee High School.

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What Neponset 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.