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Schools in Sumner Township

Sumner Township’s public schools

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 and Manteno Community Unit School District 5 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sumner Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 106% 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
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.3K
▼ 24% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Manteno Community Unit School District 5
Students per teacher
12.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,733 students on the public path
In brief

Sumner Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Sumner Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Manteno Elem School places highest (better than 68%); Grant Park High School lowest (46%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sumner Township, graded from B− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Manteno High School and Grant Park 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 Sumner Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Grant Park Community Unit School District 6.

Two districts serve Sumner Township

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

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 452 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,194IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Manteno Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,801 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,332IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Grant Park Community Unit School District 624%
State average 29.9% · 228 students tested
Math · PK–12, Grant Park Community Unit School District 622%
State average 25.8% · 208 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Manteno Community Unit School District 538%
State average 29.9% · 970 students tested
Math · PK–12, Manteno Community Unit School District 527%
State average 25.8% · 930 students tested

Sumner Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sumner Township—Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 PK–12 · Manteno Community Unit School District 5 PK–12
YellowheadC+Grant Park Community Unit School District 6
GaneerC+Momence Community Unit School District 1 K–12 · Bradley-Bourbonnais Consolidated High School District 307 9–12
MantenoBManteno Community Unit School District 5

Every school in Sumner 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 Sumner Townshipin other towns
Manteno Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Manteno
B+
694 students13:1Rate it →
Grant Park Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Grant Park
B−
325 students12:1Rate it →
Manteno High School
High · Grades 8–12 · Manteno
B−
587 students15:1Rate it →
Grant Park High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Grant Park
B−
127 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Sumner Township’s schools

Are Sumner Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sumner Township. Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 and Manteno Community Unit School District 5 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sumner Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Sumner Township in?

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 and Manteno Community Unit School District 5.

Where do Sumner Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Manteno High School and Grant Park 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.