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Schools in Waterford Township

Waterford Township’s public schools

Lewistown Community Unit School District 97 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waterford Township. 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 98% 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
14%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.8K
▼ 22% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
588 students on the public path
In brief

Waterford Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Waterford Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Lewistown Jr/Sr High School places highest (better than 31%); Central Elem School lowest (25%). 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 Waterford Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Central Elem Schoolin LewistownC
7–12Lewistown Jr/Sr High Schoolin LewistownC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lewistown Community Unit School District 97.

The district

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

Lewistown Community Unit School District 97Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 588 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,847IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading14%
State average 29.9% · 294 students tested
Math11%
State average 25.8% · 280 students tested

Waterford Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Waterford Township—Lewistown Community Unit School District 97
Isabel—Lewistown Community Unit School District 97
Quiver—Midwest Central Community Unit School District 191 PK–12 · Havana Community Unit School District 126 K–12
LewistownDLewistown Community Unit School District 97
HavanaBHavana Community Unit School District 126

2 of the 4 neighbors share Lewistown Community Unit School District 97 with Waterford Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Waterford Township

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 Waterford Townshipin other towns
Central Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Lewistown
C
326 students13:1Rate it →
Lewistown Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Lewistown
C
262 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Waterford Township’s schools

Are Waterford Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Waterford Township. Lewistown Community Unit School District 97 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waterford Township. 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 Waterford Township in?

Lewistown Community Unit School District 97.

Where do Waterford Township kids go to high school?

Lewistown Jr/Sr High School.

Parents talk

What Waterford Township families are saying about 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.