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Schools in Northern Township

Northern Township’s public schools

Benton Consolidated High School District 103, Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 and Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Northern Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
17%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
72%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.7K
▼ 9% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103
Students per teacher
12.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
959 students on the public path
In brief

Northern Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Northern Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Akin Comm Cons Elem School places highest (better than 86%); Benton Cons High School lowest (48%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Northern Township, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Benton Cons 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 Northern Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
9–12Benton Cons High Schoolin BentonB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Benton Consolidated High School District 103.

Three districts serve Northern Township

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

Benton Consolidated High School District 103Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 604 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,692IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 231 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,444IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Akin Community Consolidated School District 91Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 124 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,795IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Benton Consolidated High School District 10317%
State average 29.9% · 109 students tested
Math · 9–12, Benton Consolidated High School District 10317%
State average 25.8% · 139 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 11547%
State average 29.9% · 132 students tested
Math · PK–8, Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 11537%
State average 25.8% · 138 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Akin Community Consolidated School District 9144%
State average 29.9% · 39 students tested
Math · PK–8, Akin Community Consolidated School District 9144%
State average 25.8% · 52 students tested

Northern Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Northern Township—Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 PK–8 · Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
Knight Prairie—Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
Eastern—Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
Moores Prairie—Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5 PK–8 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 9–12
EwingB−Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 PK–8 · Benton Consolidated High School District 103 9–12
Spring GardenCSpring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178 K–8 · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 9–12

2 of the 5 neighbors share Benton Consolidated High School District 103 with Northern Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Northern 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 Northern Townshipin other towns
Ewing-Northern Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Ewing
A−
231 students12:1Rate it →
Akin Comm Cons Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Akin
A
124 students11:1Rate it →
Benton Cons High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Benton
B−
604 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Northern Township’s schools

Are Northern Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Northern Township. Benton Consolidated High School District 103, Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 and Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Northern Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Northern Township in?

Benton Consolidated High School District 103, Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115 and Akin Community Consolidated School District 91.

Where do Northern Township kids go to high school?

Benton Cons 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.