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Schools in Waldo Township

Waldo Township’s public schools

El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 and Flanagan-Cornell District 74 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waldo Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 104% 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
35%
2020–21
Math proficiency
31%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 30% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11
Students per teacher
11.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
928 students on the public path
In brief

Waldo Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Waldo Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. El Paso-Gridley High School places highest (better than 73%); Flanagan-Cornell High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Waldo Township, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: El Paso-Gridley High School and Flanagan-Cornell 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 Waldo Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11.

Two districts serve Waldo Township

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

El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,135 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,098IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Flanagan-Cornell District 74Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 303 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 8.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,580IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 1135%
State average 29.9% · 631 students tested
Math · PK–12, El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 1131%
State average 25.8% · 610 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Flanagan-Cornell District 7417%
State average 29.9% · 128 students tested
Math · PK–12, Flanagan-Cornell District 7417%
State average 25.8% · 127 students tested

Waldo Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Waldo Township—El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 PK–12 · Flanagan-Cornell District 74 PK–12
NebraskaC−Flanagan-Cornell District 74
Panola—El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11
Pike—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
GridleyB+El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11

2 of the 4 neighbors share El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 with Waldo Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Waldo 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 Waldo Townshipin other towns
Jefferson Park School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · El Paso
261 students12:1Rate it →
Flanagan Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Flanagan
C+
197 students9:1Rate it →
El Paso-Gridley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · El Paso
B+
364 students13:1Rate it →
Flanagan-Cornell High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Flanagan
C−
106 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Waldo Township’s schools

Are Waldo Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Waldo Township. El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 and Flanagan-Cornell District 74 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waldo Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Waldo Township in?

El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 and Flanagan-Cornell District 74.

Where do Waldo Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: El Paso-Gridley High School and Flanagan-Cornell 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.