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Schools in Russell Township

Russell Township’s public schools

Lawrence County Community Unit District 20 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Russell Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% 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
24%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
67%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.4K
▼ 19% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,061 students on the public path
In brief

Russell Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Russell Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Parkside Elementary School places highest (better than 42%); Lawrenceville High School lowest (37%). 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 Russell Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Parkside Elementary Schoolin LawrencevilleC+
6–8Parkview Jr High Schoolin LawrencevilleC+
9–12Lawrenceville High Schoolin LawrencevilleC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lawrence County Community Unit District 20.

The district

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

Lawrence County Community Unit District 20Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,061 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,403IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 29.9% · 557 students tested
Math11%
State average 25.8% · 589 students tested

Russell Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Russell Township—Lawrence County Community Unit District 20
Allison—Lawrence County Community Unit District 20
Bond—Lawrence County Community Unit District 20
Montgomery—Palestine Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Robinson Community Unit School District 2 PK–12

2 of the 3 neighbors share Lawrence County Community Unit District 20 with Russell Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Busseron, IN and Washington, IN border Russell Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Russell 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 Russell Townshipin other towns
Parkside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lawrenceville
C+
528 students13:1Rate it →
Parkview Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lawrenceville
C+
235 students12:1Rate it →
Lawrenceville High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lawrenceville
C+
298 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Russell Township’s schools

Are Russell Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Russell Township. Lawrence County Community Unit District 20 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Russell Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Russell Township in?

Lawrence County Community Unit District 20.

Where do Russell Township kids go to high school?

Lawrenceville 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.