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Schools in Penn Township

Penn Township’s public schools

Stark County Community Unit School District 100 and Bradford Community Unit School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Penn Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/5schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 101% 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
21%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.8K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Stark County Community Unit School District 100
Students per teacher
12.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
837 students on the public path
In brief

Penn Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Penn Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Bradford Grade School places highest (better than 98%); Stark County Junior High School lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Penn Township, graded from B− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Stark County High School. 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 Penn Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
9–12Stark County High Schoolin ToulonB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Stark County Community Unit School District 100.

Two districts serve Penn Township

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

Stark County Community Unit School District 100Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 669 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,751IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Bradford Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–8 · 2 schools · 168 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,915IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Stark County Community Unit School District 10021%
State average 29.9% · 332 students tested
Math · PK–12, Stark County Community Unit School District 10017%
State average 25.8% · 330 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Bradford Community Unit School District 142%
State average 29.9% · 90 students tested
Math · PK–8, Bradford Community Unit School District 132%
State average 25.8% · 87 students tested

Penn Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Penn Township—Stark County Community Unit School District 100 PK–12 · Bradford Community Unit School District 1 PK–8
Osceola—Bradford Community Unit School District 1
ToulonC+Stark County Community Unit School District 100
Valley—Stark County Community Unit School District 100
Saratoga—Bradford Community Unit School District 1 PK–8 · Henry-Senachwine Consolidated Unit School District 5 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Bradford Community Unit School District 1 with Penn Township for grades PK–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Penn Township

5 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 Penn Townshipin other towns
Stark County Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wyoming
B−
299 students13:1Rate it →
Bradford Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bradford
A+
123 students13:1Rate it →
Stark County Junior High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Toulon
C
140 students11:1Rate it →
Bradford Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bradford
B−
45 students9:1Rate it →
Stark County High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Toulon
B−
230 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Penn Township’s schools

Are Penn Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Penn Township. Stark County Community Unit School District 100 and Bradford Community Unit School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Penn Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Penn Township in?

Stark County Community Unit School District 100 and Bradford Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Penn Township kids go to high school?

Stark County 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.