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Schools in Tilden

Tilden’s public schools

Sparta Community Unit School District 140 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tilden. 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 99% 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
17%
2020–21
Math proficiency
13%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.9K
▼ 31% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
IL 13.6
Schools in town
0
1,153 students on the public path
In brief

Tilden’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Tilden’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Sparta Lincoln School places highest (better than 30%); Sparta High School lowest (19%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Tilden, graded from C to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Sparta 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 Tilden, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC
9–12Sparta High Schoolin SpartaC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sparta Community Unit School District 140.

The district

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

Sparta Community Unit School District 140Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,153 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,879IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading17%
State average 29.9% · 597 students tested
Math13%
State average 25.8% · 580 students tested

Tilden vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Tilden—Sparta Community Unit School District 140

Every school in Tilden

3 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 Tildenin other towns
Sparta Lincoln School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Sparta
C
735 students14:1Rate it →
Evansville Attendance Center
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Evansville
C
109 students10:1Rate it →
Sparta High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Sparta
C−
309 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Tilden’s schools

Are Tilden’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Tilden. Sparta Community Unit School District 140 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tilden. 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 Tilden in?

Sparta Community Unit School District 140.

Where do Tilden kids go to high school?

Sparta 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.