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Schools in Polk Township

Polk Township’s public schools

Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Polk Township. 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 98% 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
31%
2020–21
Math proficiency
33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 29% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.7
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,282 students on the public path
In brief

Polk Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Polk Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Carlinville Primary School places highest (better than 93%); Carlinville Middle School lowest (69%). 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 Polk Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Carlinville Primary Schoolin CarlinvilleA
3–5Carlinville Intermediate Schoolin CarlinvilleA−
6–8Carlinville Middle Schoolin CarlinvilleB+
9–12Carlinville High Schoolin CarlinvilleB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Carlinville 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.

Carlinville Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,282 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,212IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 29.9% · 650 students tested
Math33%
State average 25.8% · 648 students tested

Polk Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Polk Township—Carlinville Community Unit School District 1
Hillyard—Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 PK–12 · Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
Chesterfield—Southwestern Community Unit School District 9 PK–12 · Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
Brushy Mound—Carlinville Community Unit School District 1
Bird—Carlinville Community Unit School District 1

All 4 neighbors share Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 with Polk Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Polk Township

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 Polk Townshipin other towns
Carlinville Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Carlinville
A
376 students14:1Rate it →
Carlinville Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Carlinville
A−
267 students17:1Rate it →
Carlinville Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Carlinville
B+
286 students16:1Rate it →
Carlinville High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Carlinville
B+
353 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Polk Township’s schools

Are Polk Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Polk Township. Carlinville Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Polk Township. 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 Polk Township in?

Carlinville Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Polk Township kids go to high school?

Carlinville 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.