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Schools in Paderborn

Paderborn’s public schools

Freeburg Community High School District 77 and Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paderborn. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 115% 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
47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 26% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Freeburg Community High School District 77
Students per teacher
14.5
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,230 students on the public path
In brief

Paderborn’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Paderborn’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Smithton Elem School places highest (better than 88%); Freeburg Community High Sch lowest (70%). 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 Paderborn, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Smithton Elem Schoolin SmithtonA
9–12Freeburg Community High Schin FreeburgB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Freeburg Community High School District 77.

Two districts serve Paderborn

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

Freeburg Community High School District 77Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 689 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 15.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,047IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 541 students · 13.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,897IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Freeburg Community High School District 7747%
State average 29.9% · 151 students tested
Math · 9–12, Freeburg Community High School District 7727%
State average 25.8% · 179 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Smithton Community Consolidated School District 13055%
State average 29.9% · 377 students tested
Math · PK–8, Smithton Community Consolidated School District 13045%
State average 25.8% · 372 students tested

Paderborn vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Paderborn—Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130 PK–8 · Freeburg Community High School District 77 9–12

Every school in Paderborn

2 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 Paderbornin other towns
Smithton Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Smithton
A
541 students14:1Rate it →
Freeburg Community High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · Freeburg
B+
689 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Paderborn’s schools

Are Paderborn’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Paderborn. Freeburg Community High School District 77 and Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paderborn. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Paderborn in?

Freeburg Community High School District 77 and Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130.

Where do Paderborn kids go to high school?

Freeburg Community High Sch.

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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.