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Schools in Paris Township

Paris Township’s public schools

Paris Community Unit School District 4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paris Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
38%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.1K
▼ 53% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.6
IL 13.6
Schools in town
8
622 students on the public path
In brief

Paris Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Paris Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Crestwood Jr High School places highest (better than 83%); Paris Cooperative High School 4 lowest (54%). 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 Paris Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Crestwood Elem SchoolParis Community Unit School District 4B+
6–8Crestwood Jr High SchoolParis Community Unit School District 4A−
9–12Paris Cooperative High School 4Paris Community Unit School District 4B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Paris Community Unit School District 4.

The district

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

Paris Community Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 622 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 13.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$10,056IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 29.9% · 316 students tested
Math32%
State average 25.8% · 307 students tested

Paris Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Paris Township—Paris Community Unit School District 4
Symmes—Paris Community Unit School District 4
Buck—Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Paris Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Stratton—Paris Community Unit School District 4
Edgar—Edgar County Community Unit District 6 PK–12 · Paris Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Hunter—Paris Community Unit School District 4
Elbridge—Paris Community Unit School District 4
Paris (city)B+Paris-Union School District 95 PK–12 · Paris Community Unit School District 4 PK–12

All 7 neighbors share Paris Community Unit School District 4 with Paris Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Paris Township

8 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 Paris Townshipby address
Crestwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Paris
B+
309 students13:1Rate it →
Crestwood Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Paris
A−
134 students15:1Rate it →
Paris Cooperative High School 4
High · Grades 9–12 · Paris
B−
179 studentsRate it →
Other public schools in Paris Townshiprun by other districts or the state
Creative Center for Children
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Paris
73 students24:1Rate it →
Carolyn Wenz Elem School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Paris
B
258 students14:1Rate it →
Memorial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Paris
293 students12:1Rate it →
Mayo Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Paris
A−
241 students10:1Rate it →
Paris Cooperative High School 95
High · Grades 9–12 · Paris
C
366 studentsRate it →

Left off: 3 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Paris Bridges, Paris TAOEP and Paris Cooperative High School).

Questions about Paris Township’s schools

Are Paris Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Paris Township. Paris Community Unit School District 4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paris Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Paris Township in?

Paris Community Unit School District 4.

Where do Paris Township kids go to high school?

Paris Cooperative High School 4.

Parents talk

What Paris Township families are saying about 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.