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Schools in Pana Township

Pana 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 Pana 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
4
1,159 students on the public path
In brief

Pana Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Pana 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 Pana Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Pana Elem SchoolPana Community Unit School District 8B+
6–8Pana Jr High SchoolPana Community Unit School District 8B−
9–12Pana Sr High SchoolPana Community Unit School District 8C+

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

Pana Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pana Township—Pana Community Unit School District 8
Tower Hill—Pana Community Unit School District 8
Oconee—Pana Community Unit School District 8
Pana (city)B−Pana Community Unit School District 8
Assumption—Central A & M Community Unit School District 21
Rosamond—Pana Community Unit School District 8

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

Every school in Pana 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 Pana Townshipby address
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 →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Pana Christian Academy
Grades K–12 · Pana
Private · Religious
15 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Pana Township’s schools

Are Pana Township’s schools good?

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

Pana Community Unit School District 8.

Where do Pana Township kids go to high school?

Pana Sr High School.

Are there private schools in Pana Township?

Yes: Pana Christian Academy (grades K–12, 15 students).

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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.