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Schools in Portland Township

Portland Township’s public schools

Erie Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Portland Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools 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
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.4K
▲ 18% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
603 students on the public path
In brief

Portland Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Portland Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Erie Middle School places highest (better than 83%); Erie Elem School lowest (70%). 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 Portland Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Erie Elem Schoolin ErieB+
5–8Erie Middle Schoolin ErieA−
9–12Erie High Schoolin ErieB+

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

Erie Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 603 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 9.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$25,420IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 29.9% · 296 students tested
Math35%
State average 25.8% · 312 students tested

Portland Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Portland Township—Erie Community Unit School District 1
ErieBErie Community Unit School District 1
Fenton—Erie Community Unit School District 1
Canoe Creek—Riverdale Community Unit School District 100
Loraine—Geneseo Community Unit School District 228
ProphetstownCProphetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3
PhenixA−Geneseo Community Unit School District 228

2 of the 6 neighbors share Erie Community Unit School District 1 with Portland Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Portland 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 Portland Townshipin other towns
Erie Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Erie
B+
242 students11:1Rate it →
Erie Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Erie
A−
171 students9:1Rate it →
Erie High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Erie
B+
190 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Portland Township’s schools

Are Portland Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Portland Township. Erie Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Portland Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Portland Township in?

Erie Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Portland Township kids go to high school?

Erie 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.