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Schools in Silver Creek Township

Silver Creek Township’s public schools

Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 and Freeport School District 145 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Silver Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/7schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 111% 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
41%
2020–21
Math proficiency
25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.7K
▲ 5% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Freeport School District 145
Students per teacher
13.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,584 students on the public path
In brief

Silver Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Silver Creek Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch places highest (better than 73%); Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School lowest (6%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Six elementary schools serve Silver Creek Township, graded from D to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Freeport Middle School and Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch. 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 Silver Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–46 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to B
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221.

Two districts serve Silver Creek Township

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

Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 714 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,346IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Freeport School District 145Grades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,703 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$22,691IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 22141%
State average 29.9% · 390 students tested
Math · PK–12, Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 22125%
State average 25.8% · 405 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Freeport School District 14514%
State average 29.9% · 1709 students tested
Math · PK–12, Freeport School District 14511%
State average 25.8% · 1645 students tested

Silver Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Silver Creek Township—Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 PK–12 · Freeport School District 145 PK–12
LancasterDDakota Community Unit School District 201 PK–12 · Freeport School District 145 PK–12
Freeport—Freeport School District 145
Freeport (city)DFreeport School District 145
FlorenceC−Freeport School District 145 PK–12 · Eastland Community Unit School District 308 PK–12 · Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 PK–12
RidottB+Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 PK–12 · Pecatonica Community Unit School District 321 PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Freeport School District 145 with Silver Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Silver Creek Township

8 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 Silver Creek Townshipin other towns
Blackhawk Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
C
361 students14:1Rate it →
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
D
325 students13:1Rate it →
Empire Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
C
295 students12:1Rate it →
Center Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Freeport
B
262 students12:1Rate it →
German Valley Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Forreston
70 students14:1Rate it →
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Freeport
C+
350 students13:1Rate it →
Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch
High · Grades 6–12 · Forreston
B+
406 students15:1Rate it →
Freeport Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Freeport
D
515 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Silver Creek Township’s schools

Are Silver Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Silver Creek Township. Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 and Freeport School District 145 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Silver Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Silver Creek Township in?

Forrestville Valley Community Unit School District 221 and Freeport School District 145.

Where do Silver Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Freeport Middle School and Forreston Jr/Sr 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.