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Schools in Pope Township

Pope Township’s public schools

Patoka Community Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pope Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
8%
2020–21
Math proficiency
8%
2020–21
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.5K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.4
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
201 students on the public path
In brief

Pope Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Pope Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Patoka Sr High School places highest (better than 54%); Patoka Jr High School lowest (6%). 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 Pope Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Patoka Elem Schoolin PatokaC
6–8Patoka Jr High Schoolin PatokaD
9–12Patoka Sr High Schoolin PatokaB−

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

The district

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

Patoka Community Unit School District 100Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 201 students, down 16% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,493IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading8%
State average 29.9% · 117 students tested
Math8%
State average 25.8% · 111 students tested

Pope Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pope Township—Patoka Community Unit School District 100
Seminary—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 PK–12 · Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
East Fork—Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Patoka Community Unit School District 100 PK–12
Kaskaskia—Vandalia Community Unit School District 203
Patoka—Patoka Community Unit School District 100

2 of the 4 neighbors share Patoka Community Unit School District 100 with Pope Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Pope Township

3 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 Pope Townshipin other towns
Patoka Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Patoka
C
96 students10:1Rate it →
Patoka Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Patoka
D
44 students10:1Rate it →
Patoka Sr High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Patoka
B−
61 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Pope Township’s schools

Are Pope Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pope Township. Patoka Community Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pope Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pope Township in?

Patoka Community Unit School District 100.

Where do Pope Township kids go to high school?

Patoka Sr 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.