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Schools in Tonica

Tonica’s public schools

LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tonica. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
15%
2020–21
Graduate on time
83%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$26.5K
▲ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120
Students per teacher
12.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,265 students on the public path
In brief

Tonica’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Tonica’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. La Salle-Peru Twp High School places highest (better than 47%); Tonica Grade School lowest (42%). 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 Tonica, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Tonica Grade SchoolTonica Community Consolidated School District 79C+
9–12La Salle-Peru Twp High Schoolin La SalleB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120.

Two districts serve Tonica

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

LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,167 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$26,538IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 98 students, down 26% since 2020–21 · 8.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,821IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 12027%
State average 29.9% · 260 students tested
Math · 9–12, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 12015%
State average 25.8% · 295 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Tonica Community Consolidated School District 7917%
State average 29.9% · 89 students tested
Math · PK–8, Tonica Community Consolidated School District 7917%
State average 25.8% · 80 students tested

Tonica vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Tonica—Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 PK–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12

Every school in Tonica

2 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 Tonicain other towns
Tonica Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
98 students8:1Rate it →
La Salle-Peru Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · La Salle
B−
1,167 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Tonica’s schools

Are Tonica’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Tonica. LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tonica. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Tonica in?

LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79.

Where do Tonica kids go to high school?

La Salle-Peru Twp 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.