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Schools in Sargent Township

Sargent Township’s public schools

Oakland Community Unit School District 5 and Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sargent Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 90% 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
22%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.9K
▼ 3% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Shiloh Community Unit School District 1
Students per teacher
9.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
608 students on the public path
In brief

Sargent Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Sargent Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Oakland High School places highest (better than 46%); Shiloh High School lowest (14%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sargent Township, graded from C to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Shiloh High School and Oakland 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 Sargent Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Oakland Community Unit School District 5.

Two districts serve Sargent Township

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

Oakland Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 246 students · 8.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,194IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Shiloh Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 362 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,887IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Oakland Community Unit School District 522%
State average 29.9% · 122 students tested
Math · PK–12, Oakland Community Unit School District 517%
State average 25.8% · 117 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Shiloh Community Unit School District 112%
State average 29.9% · 183 students tested
Math · PK–12, Shiloh Community Unit School District 18%
State average 25.8% · 177 students tested

Sargent Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sargent Township—Oakland Community Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 PK–12
Bowdre—Arcola Consolidated Unit School District 306 PK–12 · Oakland Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
East OaklandCOakland Community Unit School District 5
Newman—Shiloh Community Unit School District 1
Embarrass—Shiloh Community Unit School District 1
Morgan—Charleston Community Unit School District 1

2 of the 5 neighbors share Oakland Community Unit School District 5 with Sargent Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Sargent Township

4 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 Sargent Townshipin other towns
Shiloh Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Hume
C
247 students11:1Rate it →
Lake Crest Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Oakland
C+
185 students10:1Rate it →
Shiloh High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Hume
D
115 students10:1Rate it →
Oakland High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Oakland
B−
61 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Sargent Township’s schools

Are Sargent Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sargent Township. Oakland Community Unit School District 5 and Shiloh Community Unit School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sargent Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sargent Township in?

Oakland Community Unit School District 5 and Shiloh Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Sargent Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Shiloh High School and Oakland 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.