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Schools in Payson

Payson’s public schools

Payson Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Payson. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 111% 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
14%
2020–21
Math proficiency
16%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
449 students on the public path
In brief

Payson’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Payson’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Seymour High School places highest (better than 37%); Seymour Elementary School lowest (31%). 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 Payson, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Seymour Elementary SchoolPayson Community Unit School District 1C
7–12Seymour High SchoolPayson Community Unit School District 1C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Payson Community Unit School District 1.

The district

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

Payson Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 449 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,712IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading14%
State average 29.9% · 236 students tested
Math16%
State average 25.8% · 269 students tested

Payson vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Payson—Payson Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Payson

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 Paysonin other towns
Seymour Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
233 students11:1Rate it →
Seymour High School
High · Grades 7–12
C+
216 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Payson’s schools

Are Payson’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Payson. Payson Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Payson. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Payson in?

Payson Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Payson kids go to high school?

Seymour High School.

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What Payson 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.