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Schools in Talkington Township

Talkington Township’s public schools

Waverly Community Unit School District 6 and North Mac Community Unit School District 34 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Talkington 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 97% 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
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.1K
▼ 25% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · North Mac Community Unit School District 34
Students per teacher
13.6
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
899 students on the public path
In brief

Talkington Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Talkington Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Waverly Jr/Sr High School places highest (better than 48%); North Mac Middle School lowest (34%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Talkington Township, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: North Mac Middle School and Waverly Jr/Sr 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 Talkington Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

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

Two districts serve Talkington Township

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

Waverly Community Unit School District 6Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 329 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 14.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,686IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
North Mac Community Unit School District 34Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,155 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,084IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Waverly Community Unit School District 622%
State average 29.9% · 168 students tested
Math · PK–12, Waverly Community Unit School District 617%
State average 25.8% · 176 students tested
Reading · PK–12, North Mac Community Unit School District 3415%
State average 29.9% · 569 students tested
Math · PK–12, North Mac Community Unit School District 3413%
State average 25.8% · 561 students tested

Talkington Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Talkington Township—Waverly Community Unit School District 6 PK–12 · North Mac Community Unit School District 34 PK–12
North Otter—North Mac Community Unit School District 34
AuburnC+Auburn Community Unit School District 10 PK–12 · North Mac Community Unit School District 34 PK–12

All 2 neighbors share North Mac Community Unit School District 34 with Talkington Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Talkington 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 Talkington Townshipin other towns
North Mac Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Virden
342 students13:1Rate it →
Waverly Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Waverly
C+
182 students12:1Rate it →
North Mac Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Girard
C
228 students12:1Rate it →
Waverly Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Waverly
B−
147 students18:1Rate it →

Questions about Talkington Township’s schools

Are Talkington Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Talkington Township. Waverly Community Unit School District 6 and North Mac Community Unit School District 34 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Talkington 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 Talkington Township in?

Waverly Community Unit School District 6 and North Mac Community Unit School District 34.

Where do Talkington Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: North Mac Middle School and Waverly Jr/Sr 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.