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Schools in Oconee Township

Oconee Township’s public schools

Pana Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oconee 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 130% 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
20%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 30% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.9
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,159 students on the public path
In brief

Oconee Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Oconee Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Pana Elem School places highest (better than 69%); Pana Sr High School lowest (42%). 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 Oconee Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Pana Elem Schoolin PanaB+
6–8Pana Jr High Schoolin PanaB−
9–12Pana Sr High Schoolin PanaC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pana Community Unit School District 8.

The district

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

Pana Community Unit School District 8Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,159 students, up 23% since 2020–21 · 13.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,082IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading34%
State average 29.9% · 600 students tested
Math20%
State average 25.8% · 598 students tested

Oconee Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Oconee Township—Pana Community Unit School District 8
Cold Spring—Pana Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A K–12
Herrick—Cowden-Herrick Community Unit School District 3A
Pana—Pana Community Unit School District 8
RamseyB+Ramsey Community Unit School District 204
Audubon—Nokomis Community Unit School District 22

2 of the 5 neighbors share Pana Community Unit School District 8 with Oconee Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Oconee 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 Oconee Townshipin other towns
Pana Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pana
B+
507 students14:1Rate it →
Pana Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Pana
B−
248 students11:1Rate it →
Pana Sr High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pana
C+
404 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Oconee Township’s schools

Are Oconee Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Oconee Township. Pana Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oconee 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 Oconee Township in?

Pana Community Unit School District 8.

Where do Oconee Township kids go to high school?

Pana Sr 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.