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Schools in Penn Township

Penn Township’s public schools

Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 and Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 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?1/5schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 91% 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
23%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.1K
▼ 20% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Central A & M Community Unit School District 21
Students per teacher
11.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,002 students on the public path
In brief

Penn Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Penn Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Okaw Valley Middle School places highest (better than 52%); Central A & M Middle School lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Penn Township, graded from B− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Central A & M High School and Okaw Valley 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–42 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB−
5–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302.

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.

Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 456 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,257IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Central A & M Community Unit School District 21Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 746 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,148IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 30223%
State average 29.9% · 225 students tested
Math · PK–12, Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 30211%
State average 25.8% · 228 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Central A & M Community Unit School District 2126%
State average 29.9% · 363 students tested
Math · PK–12, Central A & M Community Unit School District 2113%
State average 25.8% · 374 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—Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 PK–12 · Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 PK–12
Pickaway—Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 PK–12 · Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 PK–12
Mount ZionA−Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3
Flat Branch—Central A & M Community Unit School District 21
Moweaqua—Central A & M Community Unit School District 21

3 of the 4 neighbors share Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 with Penn Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Penn Township

6 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
Okaw Valley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Bethany
B−
170 students11:1Rate it →
Bond Primary
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Assumption
154 students14:1Rate it →
Okaw Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Findlay
B−
124 students11:1Rate it →
Central A & M Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Assumption
C
177 students13:1Rate it →
Central A & M High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Moweaqua
C+
215 students9:1Rate it →
Okaw Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bethany
C
162 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Penn Township’s schools

Are Penn Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Penn Township. Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 and Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 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, 1 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?

Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 and Central A & M Community Unit School District 21.

Where do Penn Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Central A & M High School and Okaw Valley High School.

Parents talk

What Penn 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.