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Schools in Prairie City

Prairie City’s public schools

Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 113% 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
12%
2020–21
Math proficiency
5%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.5K
▼ 14% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
602 students on the public path
In brief

Prairie City’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Prairie City’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch places highest (better than 33%); Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch lowest (33%). 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 Prairie City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Schin BushnellNo scores
6–8Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Schin BushnellNo scores
9–12Bushnell-Prairie City High Schin BushnellC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170.

The district

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

Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 602 students · 8.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,491IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading12%
State average 29.9% · 310 students tested
Math5%
State average 25.8% · 47 students tested · the state reports 0–10%

Prairie City vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Prairie City—Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170

Every school in Prairie City

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 Prairie Cityin other towns
Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bushnell
296 students10:1Rate it →
Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bushnell
131 students9:1Rate it →
Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · Bushnell
C
175 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Prairie City’s schools

Are Prairie City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Prairie City. Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Prairie City in?

Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170.

Where do Prairie City kids go to high school?

Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch.

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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.