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Schools in New Salem Township

New Salem Township’s public schools

Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 and Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Salem Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/5schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 108% 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
15%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.6K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Pikeland Community Unit School District 10
Students per teacher
13.5
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,529 students on the public path
In brief

New Salem Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of New Salem Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Griggsville-Perry Primary School places highest (better than 58%); Griggsville-Perry Middle School lowest (15%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve New Salem Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Pittsfield High School and Griggsville-Perry 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 New Salem Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB
5–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pikeland Community Unit School District 10.

Two districts serve New Salem Township

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

Pikeland Community Unit School District 10Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,200 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 15.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,644IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 329 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,342IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Pikeland Community Unit School District 1015%
State average 29.9% · 544 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pikeland Community Unit School District 1011%
State average 25.8% · 584 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 422%
State average 29.9% · 151 students tested
Math · PK–12, Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 412%
State average 25.8% · 162 students tested

New Salem Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Salem Township—Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Hadley—Western Community Unit School District 12
GriggsvilleC−Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4
Pittsfield—Pikeland Community Unit School District 10
Fairmount—Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4
Perry—Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4
Baylis—Pikeland Community Unit School District 10

3 of the 6 neighbors share Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 with New Salem Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in New Salem Township

6 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 Salem Townshipin other towns
Pittsfield South Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Pittsfield
340 students16:1Rate it →
Griggsville-Perry Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Griggsville
B
148 students9:1Rate it →
Pikeland Community School
Middle · Grades 3–8 · Pittsfield
C
491 students17:1Rate it →
Griggsville-Perry Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Perry
C−
92 students8:1Rate it →
Pittsfield High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pittsfield
C+
369 students13:1Rate it →
Griggsville-Perry High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Griggsville
C−
89 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about New Salem Township’s schools

Are New Salem Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Salem Township. Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 and Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Salem Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 New Salem Township in?

Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 and Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4.

Where do New Salem Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pittsfield High School and Griggsville-Perry 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.