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Schools in Niantic Township

Niantic Township’s public schools

Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Niantic 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 107% 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
10%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.1K
▼ 16% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
634 students on the public path
In brief

Niantic Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Niantic Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Sangamon Valley Intermediate Sch places highest (better than 60%); Sangamon Valley 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 Niantic Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Sangamon Valley Primary Schoolin HarristownNo scores
3–5Sangamon Valley Intermediate Schin IlliopolisB
6–8Sangamon Valley Middle Schoolin IlliopolisC
9–12Sangamon Valley High SchoolSangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9.

The district

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

Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 634 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,065IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 29.9% · 335 students tested
Math10%
State average 25.8% · 336 students tested

Niantic Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Niantic Township—Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9
Mosquito—Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Meridian Community Unit School District 15 PK–12
IlliopolisCSangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9
HarristownCSangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9

2 of the 3 neighbors share Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9 with Niantic Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Niantic Township

4 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 Niantic Townshipby address
Sangamon Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Niantic
C
204 students11:1Rate it →
Also serving Niantic Townshipin other towns
Sangamon Valley Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Harristown
170 students11:1Rate it →
Sangamon Valley Intermediate Sch
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Illiopolis
B
115 students16:1Rate it →
Sangamon Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Illiopolis
C
145 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Niantic Township’s schools

Are Niantic Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Niantic Township. Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Niantic 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 Niantic Township in?

Sangamon Valley Community Unit School District 9.

Where do Niantic Township kids go to high school?

Sangamon Valley 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.