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Schools in Waltham Township

Waltham Township’s public schools

Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Ottawa Township High School District 140 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waltham 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 124% 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
57%
2020–21
Math proficiency
27%
2020–21
Spent per student
$18.8K
▼ 13% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Ottawa Township High School District 140
Students per teacher
13.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,636 students on the public path
In brief

Waltham Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Waltham Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Waltham Elementary School places highest (better than 80%); La Salle-Peru Twp High School lowest (47%). 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 Waltham Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Waltham Elementary Schoolin UticaA−
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185.

Three districts serve Waltham Township

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

Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185Grades PK–8 · 1 schools · 246 students, up 31% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,913IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
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+
Ottawa Township High School District 140Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,223 students, down 6% since 2021–22 · 13.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,784IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Waltham Community Consolidated School District 18557%
State average 29.9% · 136 students tested
Math · PK–8, Waltham Community Consolidated School District 18527%
State average 25.8% · 132 students tested
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 · 9–12, Ottawa Township High School District 14025%
State average 29.9% · 265 students tested
Math · 9–12, Ottawa Township High School District 14017%
State average 25.8% · 269 students tested

Waltham Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Waltham Township—Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 PK–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12 · Ottawa Township High School District 140 9–12
UticaB−Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 PK–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12 · Ottawa Township High School District 140 9–12
Ophir—Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 K–8 · Mendota Township High School District 280 9–12
Wallace—Wallace Community Consolidated School District 195 PK–8 · Ottawa Township High School District 140 9–12
Dimmick—Dimmick Community Consolidated School District 175 PK–8 · LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 9–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 with Waltham Township for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Waltham Township

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 Waltham Townshipin other towns
Waltham Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Utica
A−
246 students10:1Rate it →
Ottawa Township High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Ottawa
B−
1,223 students14:1Rate it →
La Salle-Peru Twp High School
High · Grades 9–12 · La Salle
B−
1,167 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Waltham Township’s schools

Are Waltham Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Waltham Township. Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Ottawa Township High School District 140 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waltham 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 Waltham Township in?

Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185, LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 and Ottawa Township High School District 140.

Where do Waltham Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ottawa Township High School and 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.