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Schools in Newark

Newark’s public schools

Newark Community High School District 18 and Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Newark. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 101% 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
34%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.1K
▼ 44% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Newark Community Consolidated School District 66
Students per teacher
10.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
380 students on the public path
In brief

Newark’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Newark’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Millbrook Junior High School places highest (better than 80%); Newark Elem School lowest (65%). 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 Newark, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Newark Elem SchoolNewark Community Consolidated School District 66B+
5–8Millbrook Junior High SchoolNewark Community Consolidated School District 66A−
9–12Newark Comm High SchoolNewark Community High School District 18B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Newark Community High School District 18.

Two districts serve Newark

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

Newark Community High School District 18Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 175 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,517IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Newark Community Consolidated School District 66Grades PK–8 · 2 schools · 205 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$12,112IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Newark Community High School District 1834%
State average 29.9% · 41 students tested
Math · 9–12, Newark Community High School District 1824%
State average 25.8% · 44 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Newark Community Consolidated School District 6642%
State average 29.9% · 165 students tested
Math · PK–8, Newark Community Consolidated School District 6627%
State average 25.8% · 169 students tested

Newark vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Newark—Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 PK–8 · Newark Community High School District 18 9–12

Every school in Newark

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 Newarkin other towns
Newark Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4
B+
116 students11:1Rate it →
Millbrook Junior High School
Middle · Grades 5–8
A−
89 students11:1Rate it →
Newark Comm High School
High · Grades 9–12
B+
175 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Newark’s schools

Are Newark’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Newark. Newark Community High School District 18 and Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Newark. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Newark in?

Newark Community High School District 18 and Newark Community Consolidated School District 66.

Where do Newark kids go to high school?

Newark Comm 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.