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Schools in Pike Township

Pike Township’s public schools

Pontiac Township High School District 90 and Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pike Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 102% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.6K
▼ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8
Students per teacher
12.4
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,154 students on the public path
In brief

Pike Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Pike Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Prairie Central Jr High School places highest (better than 73%); Prairie Central High School lowest (48%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Pike Township, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one elementary school, one middle school and two high schools: Pontiac High School and Prairie Central 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 Pike Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressNo scores
2–4Prairie Central Elem Schoolin FairburyB
7–8Prairie Central Jr High Schoolin ForrestB+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pontiac Township High School District 90.

Two districts serve Pike Township

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

Pontiac Township High School District 90Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 658 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,527IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,712 students · 12.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,593IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Pontiac Township High School District 9022%
State average 29.9% · 173 students tested
Math · 9–12, Pontiac Township High School District 9027%
State average 25.8% · 163 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Prairie Central Community Unit School District 830%
State average 29.9% · 794 students tested
Math · PK–12, Prairie Central Community Unit School District 832%
State average 25.8% · 787 students tested

Pike Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pike Township—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
Eppards Point—Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 PK–8 · Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
Chenoa—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Lexington Community Unit School District 7 PK–12
Rooks Creek—Flanagan-Cornell District 74 PK–12 · Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425 K–8 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
Waldo—El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 PK–12 · Flanagan-Cornell District 74 PK–12
Yates—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8

3 of the 5 neighbors share Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 with Pike Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Pike 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 Pike Townshipin other towns
Prairie Central Primary West
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Chenoa
244 students15:1Rate it →
Prairie Central Primary East
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Chatsworth
148 students11:1Rate it →
Prairie Central Elem School
Elementary · Grades 2–4 · Fairbury
B
367 students12:1Rate it →
Prairie Central Jr High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Forrest
B+
250 students12:1Rate it →
Pontiac High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pontiac
B
658 students13:1Rate it →
Prairie Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fairbury
B−
487 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Pike Township’s schools

Are Pike Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pike Township. Pontiac Township High School District 90 and Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pike Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Pike Township in?

Pontiac Township High School District 90 and Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8.

Where do Pike Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pontiac High School and Prairie Central High School.

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What Pike 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.