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Schools in New Canton

New Canton’s public schools

Western Community Unit School District 12 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Canton. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 88% 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
35%
2020–21
Math proficiency
18%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
512 students on the public path
In brief

New Canton’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of New Canton’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Western Jr High School places highest (better than 48%); Western High School lowest (46%). 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 New Canton, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Western Barry Elemin BarryB−
6–8Western Jr High Schoolin KinderhookB−
9–12Western High Schoolin BarryB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Western Community Unit School District 12.

The district

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

Western Community Unit School District 12Grades K–12 · 3 schools · 512 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,195IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 29.9% · 236 students tested
Math18%
State average 25.8% · 233 students tested

New Canton vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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New Canton—Western Community Unit School District 12

Every school in New Canton

3 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 New Cantonin other towns
Western Barry Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Barry
B−
225 students12:1Rate it →
Western Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kinderhook
B−
146 students14:1Rate it →
Western High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Barry
B−
141 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about New Canton’s schools

Are New Canton’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Canton. Western Community Unit School District 12 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Canton. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Canton in?

Western Community Unit School District 12.

Where do New Canton kids go to high school?

Western 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.