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Schools in Wamac

Wamac’s public schools

Centralia High School District 200, North Wamac School District 186 and Centralia School District 135 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wamac. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 77% 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
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
69%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▼ 10% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Centralia School District 135
Students per teacher
12.4
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,279 students on the public path
In brief

Wamac’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Wamac’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. North Wamac Grade School places highest (better than 60%); Centralia High School lowest (42%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

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

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB
9–12Centralia High Schoolin CentraliaC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Centralia High School District 200.

Three districts serve Wamac

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

Centralia High School District 200Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 887 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 12.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,397IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
North Wamac School District 186Grades K–8 · 1 schools · 122 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 13.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,061IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Centralia School District 135Grades PK–8 · 4 schools · 1,068 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$19,365IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Centralia High School District 20017%
State average 29.9% · 178 students tested
Math · 9–12, Centralia High School District 20022%
State average 25.8% · 150 students tested
Reading · K–8, North Wamac School District 18627%
State average 29.9% · 75 students tested
Math · K–8, North Wamac School District 18627%
State average 25.8% · 73 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Centralia School District 13518%
State average 29.9% · 710 students tested
Math · PK–8, Centralia School District 1358%
State average 25.8% · 642 students tested

Wamac vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wamac—Centralia School District 135 PK–8 · North Wamac School District 186 K–8 · Centralia High School District 200 9–12
CentraliaDCentralia School District 135 PK–8 · Centralia High School District 200 9–12
IrvingtonC+Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49 PK–8 · Irvington County Community Unit School District 11 K–8 · Centralia High School District 200 9–12
BrooksideCWillow Grove School District 46 PK–8 · Carlyle Community Unit School District 1 PK–12 · Centralia High School District 200 9–12
Centralia Township—Centralia School District 135 PK–8 · Central City School District 133 PK–8 · Centralia High School District 200 9–12

All 4 neighbors share Centralia High School District 200 with Wamac for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Wamac

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 Wamacin other towns
Schiller Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Centralia
270 students15:1Rate it →
North Wamac Grade School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Centralia
B
122 students14:1Rate it →
Centralia High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Centralia
C+
887 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Wamac’s schools

Are Wamac’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wamac. Centralia High School District 200, North Wamac School District 186 and Centralia School District 135 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wamac. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Wamac in?

Centralia High School District 200, North Wamac School District 186 and Centralia School District 135.

Where do Wamac kids go to high school?

Centralia 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.