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Schools in Newtown Township

Newtown Township’s public schools

Streator Township High School District 40 and Woodland Community Unit School District 5 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Newtown Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% 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
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
81%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.5K
▼ 5% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Streator Township High School District 40
Students per teacher
12.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,222 students on the public path
In brief

Newtown Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Newtown Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Woodland High School places highest (better than 65%); Streator Twp High School lowest (34%). 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 Newtown Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Woodland Elementary/Jr High Schin StreatorC+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Streator Township High School District 40.

Two districts serve Newtown Township

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

Streator Township High School District 40Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 764 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 13.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,501IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Woodland Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 458 students · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$23,827IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Streator Township High School District 4022%
State average 29.9% · 182 students tested
Math · 9–12, Streator Township High School District 4011%
State average 25.8% · 203 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Woodland Community Unit School District 517%
State average 29.9% · 229 students tested
Math · PK–12, Woodland Community Unit School District 518%
State average 25.8% · 224 students tested

Newtown Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Newtown Township—Woodland Community Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Streator Township High School District 40 9–12
Amity—Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 PK–8 · Flanagan-Cornell District 74 in Cornell
ReadingCWoodland Community Unit School District 5
Sunbury—Dwight Common School District 232 PK–8 · Dwight Township High School District 230 9–12 · Streator Township High School District 40 9–12

Every school in Newtown Township

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 Newtown Townshipin other towns
Woodland Elementary/Jr High Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Streator
C+
320 students10:1Rate it →
Streator Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Streator
C
764 students14:1Rate it →
Woodland High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Streator
B+
138 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Newtown Township’s schools

Are Newtown Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Newtown Township. Streator Township High School District 40 and Woodland Community Unit School District 5 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Newtown Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Newtown Township in?

Streator Township High School District 40 and Woodland Community Unit School District 5.

Where do Newtown Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Streator Twp High School and Woodland 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.