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Schools in Pesotum

Pesotum’s public schools

Tolono Community Unit School District 7 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pesotum. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 92% 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
29%
2020–21
Math proficiency
35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,487 students on the public path
In brief

Pesotum’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Pesotum’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Unity High School places highest (better than 86%); Unity West lowest (69%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Pesotum, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Unity 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 Pesotum, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
6–8Unity Jr High Schoolin TolonoA−
9–12Unity High Schoolin TolonoA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Tolono Community Unit School District 7.

The district

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

Tolono Community Unit School District 7Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,487 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,382IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading29%
State average 29.9% · 795 students tested
Math35%
State average 25.8% · 784 students tested

Pesotum vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pesotum—Tolono Community Unit School District 7

Every school in Pesotum

4 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 Pesotumin other towns
Unity East
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Philo
A−
241 students12:1Rate it →
Unity West
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Tolono
B+
399 students11:1Rate it →
Unity Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Tolono
A−
367 students15:1Rate it →
Unity High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Tolono
A
480 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Pesotum’s schools

Are Pesotum’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pesotum. Tolono Community Unit School District 7 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pesotum. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pesotum in?

Tolono Community Unit School District 7.

Where do Pesotum kids go to high school?

Unity High School.

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What Pesotum 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.