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Schools in Paw Paw Township

Paw Paw Township’s public schools

Indian Creek Community Unit District 425 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paw Paw 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 97% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.3K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
750 students on the public path
In brief

Paw Paw Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Paw Paw Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Indian Creek Elementary School places highest (better than 86%); Indian Creek Middle School lowest (52%). 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 Paw Paw Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Indian Creek Elementary Schoolin ShabbonaA
5–8Indian Creek Middle Schoolin WatermanB−
9–12Indian Creek High Schoolin ShabbonaB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Indian Creek Community Unit District 425.

The district

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

Indian Creek Community Unit District 425Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 750 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,266IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 356 students tested
Math29%
State average 25.8% · 342 students tested

Paw Paw Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Paw Paw Township—Indian Creek Community Unit District 425
WyomingC+Paw Paw CUSD 271 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
ShabbonaB−Indian Creek Community Unit District 425
EarlCEarlville Community Unit School District 9
ClintonB−Indian Creek Community Unit District 425
Victor—Leland Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Indian Creek Community Unit District 425 PK–12 · Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Indian Creek Community Unit District 425 with Paw Paw Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw Townshipin other towns
Indian Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Shabbona
A
269 students10:1Rate it →
Indian Creek Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Waterman
B−
213 students12:1Rate it →
Indian Creek High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Shabbona
B+
268 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Paw Paw Township’s schools

Are Paw Paw Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Paw Paw Township. Indian Creek Community Unit District 425 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw Township in?

Indian Creek Community Unit District 425.

Where do Paw Paw Township kids go to high school?

Indian Creek 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.