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Schools in Rock City

Rock City’s public schools

Dakota Community Unit School District 201 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rock City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 99% 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
45%
2020–21
Math proficiency
30%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.3K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
754 students on the public path
In brief

Rock City’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Rock City’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Dakota Jr Sr High School places highest (better than 80%); Dakota Elementary School lowest (59%). 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 Rock City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Dakota Elementary Schoolin DakotaB
7–12Dakota Jr Sr High Schoolin DakotaA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Dakota Community Unit School District 201.

The district

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

Dakota Community Unit School District 201Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 754 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,252IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 29.9% · 384 students tested
Math30%
State average 25.8% · 409 students tested

Rock City vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Rock City—Dakota Community Unit School District 201

Every school in Rock City

2 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 Rock Cityin other towns
Dakota Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dakota
B
410 students13:1Rate it →
Dakota Jr Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Dakota
A−
344 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Rock City’s schools

Are Rock City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Rock City. Dakota Community Unit School District 201 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rock City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Rock City in?

Dakota Community Unit School District 201.

Where do Rock City kids go to high school?

Dakota Jr Sr High School.

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What Rock City 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.