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Schools in Prairie Township

Prairie Township’s public schools

Edgar County Community Unit District 6 and Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/6schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 123% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.0K
▼ 17% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4
Students per teacher
11.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,131 students on the public path
In brief

Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Prairie Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Chrisman-Scottland Jr High School places highest (better than 54%); Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Prairie Township, graded from C to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School and Chrisman 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 Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Edgar County Community Unit District 6.

Two districts serve Prairie Township

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

Edgar County Community Unit District 6Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 267 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 9.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,248IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 864 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 12.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,991IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Edgar County Community Unit District 627%
State average 29.9% · 151 students tested
Math · PK–12, Edgar County Community Unit District 617%
State average 25.8% · 153 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 417%
State average 29.9% · 464 students tested
Math · PK–12, Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 49%
State average 25.8% · 422 students tested

Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Prairie Township—Edgar County Community Unit District 6 PK–12 · Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4 PK–12
ElwoodC−Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4
Brouilletts Creek—Edgar County Community Unit District 6
RossC+Edgar County Community Unit District 6
Edgar—Edgar County Community Unit District 6 PK–12 · Paris Community Unit School District 4 PK–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Edgar County Community Unit District 6 with Prairie Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Helt, IN and Vermillion, IN border Prairie Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Prairie 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 Prairie Townshipin other towns
Pine Crest Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Georgetown
C
429 students13:1Rate it →
Chrisman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Chrisman
C+
120 students10:1Rate it →
Mary Miller Junior High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Georgetown
C
192 students12:1Rate it →
Chrisman-Scottland Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Chrisman
B−
54 students8:1Rate it →
Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Georgetown
C−
243 students11:1Rate it →
Chrisman High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Chrisman
C−
93 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Prairie Township’s schools

Are Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Prairie Township. Edgar County Community Unit District 6 and Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Prairie Township in?

Edgar County Community Unit District 6 and Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4.

Where do Prairie Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School and Chrisman High School.

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What Prairie 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.