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Schools in Sunbury Township

Sunbury Township’s public schools

Dwight Township High School District 230, Dwight Common School District 232, Streator Township High School District 40 and Pontiac Township High School District 90 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sunbury Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 127% 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
15%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.5K
▼ 5% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Streator Township High School District 40
Students per teacher
12.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,152 students on the public path
In brief

Sunbury Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Sunbury Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Pontiac High School places highest (better than 60%); Streator Twp High School lowest (34%). 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 Sunbury Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Dwight Common Schoolin DwightC+
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Dwight Township High School District 230.

Four districts serve Sunbury Township

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

Dwight Township High School District 230Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 211 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 10.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$31,169IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Dwight Common School District 232Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 519 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,831IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Streator Township High School District 40Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 764 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 13.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,501IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Pontiac Township High School District 90Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 658 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,527IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Dwight Township High School District 23015%
State average 29.9% · 56 students tested
Math · 9–12, Dwight Township High School District 23024%
State average 25.8% · 48 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Dwight Common School District 23216%
State average 29.9% · 298 students tested
Math · PK–8, Dwight Common School District 23215%
State average 25.8% · 254 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Streator Township High School District 4022%
State average 29.9% · 182 students tested
Math · 9–12, Streator Township High School District 4011%
State average 25.8% · 203 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Pontiac Township High School District 9022%
State average 29.9% · 173 students tested
Math · 9–12, Pontiac Township High School District 9027%
State average 25.8% · 163 students tested

Sunbury Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sunbury Township—Dwight Common School District 232 PK–8 · Dwight Township High School District 230 9–12 · Streator Township High School District 40 9–12
Esmen—Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426 PK–8 · Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 PK–8 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
Newtown—Woodland Community Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Streator Township High School District 40 9–12
Nevada—Odell Community Consolidated School District 435 PK–8 · Dwight Common School District 232 PK–8 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
Allen—Allen Township Community Consolidated School District 65 K–8 · Streator Township High School District 40 9–12 · Dwight Township High School District 230 9–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Pontiac Township High School District 90 with Sunbury Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Sunbury 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 Sunbury Townshipin other towns
Dwight Common School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Dwight
C+
519 students13:1Rate it →
Streator Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Streator
C
764 students14:1Rate it →
Pontiac High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pontiac
B
658 students13:1Rate it →
Dwight High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Dwight
B−
211 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Sunbury Township’s schools

Are Sunbury Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sunbury Township. Dwight Township High School District 230, Dwight Common School District 232, Streator Township High School District 40 and Pontiac Township High School District 90 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sunbury Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Sunbury Township in?

Dwight Township High School District 230, Dwight Common School District 232, Streator Township High School District 40 and Pontiac Township High School District 90.

Where do Sunbury Township kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Streator Twp High School, Pontiac High School and Dwight 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.