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Schools in West Township

West Township’s public schools

Altamont Community Unit School District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2021, when 94% 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
34%
2020–21
Math proficiency
24%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.6K
▼ 37% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.6
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
684 students on the public path
In brief

West Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of West Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Altamont Grade School places highest (better than 64%); Altamont High School lowest (54%). 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 West Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Altamont Grade Schoolin AltamontB
9–12Altamont High Schoolin AltamontB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Altamont Community Unit School District 10.

The district

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

Altamont Community Unit School District 10Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 684 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$13,573IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading34%
State average 29.9% · 328 students tested
Math24%
State average 25.8% · 316 students tested

West Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
West Township—Altamont Community Unit School District 10
MasonB−Effingham Community Unit School District 40 PK–12 · Altamont Community Unit School District 10 PK–12
MoundB−Altamont Community Unit School District 10
La Clede—South Central Community Unit School District 401
Wheatland—St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202 PK–12 · Brownstown Community Unit School District 201 PK–12
Lone Grove—South Central Community Unit School District 401

2 of the 5 neighbors share Altamont Community Unit School District 10 with West Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in West 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 West Townshipin other towns
Altamont Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Altamont
B
462 students12:1Rate it →
Altamont High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Altamont
B−
222 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about West Township’s schools

Are West Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for West Township. Altamont Community Unit School District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 West Township in?

Altamont Community Unit School District 10.

Where do West Township kids go to high school?

Altamont High School.

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What West 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.