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Schools in Union

Union’s public schools

Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 and Marengo Community High School District 154 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Union. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 101% 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
26%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 28% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165
Students per teacher
14.9
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,528 students on the public path
In brief

Union’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Union’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Locust Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Marengo Comm Middle School lowest (64%). 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 Union, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Locust Elem Schoolin MarengoA−
6–8Marengo Comm Middle Schoolin MarengoB
9–12Marengo High Schoolin MarengoA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165.

Two districts serve Union

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

Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,092 students, up 11% since 2020–21 · 15.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,584IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Marengo Community High School District 154Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 685 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$22,343IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16526%
State average 29.9% · 630 students tested
Math · PK–8, Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 16527%
State average 25.8% · 615 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Marengo Community High School District 15432%
State average 29.9% · 160 students tested
Math · 9–12, Marengo Community High School District 15437%
State average 25.8% · 149 students tested

Union vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Union—Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 PK–8 · Marengo Community High School District 154 9–12

Every school in Union

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 Unionin other towns
Locust Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Marengo
A−
501 students14:1Rate it →
Marengo Comm Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Marengo
B
342 students16:1Rate it →
Marengo High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Marengo
A−
685 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Union’s schools

Are Union’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Union. Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 and Marengo Community High School District 154 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Union. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Union in?

Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 and Marengo Community High School District 154.

Where do Union kids go to high school?

Marengo 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.