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Schools in Witt Township · Nokomis Community Unit School District 22, Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3

Witt Township’s public schools outscore 61% of Illinois districts

Reading proficiency in Witt Township’s districts is 36%, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Witt Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
36%
▲ 6 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
23%
▼ 3 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
85–89%
▼ 1–3 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 30% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3
Students per teacher
13.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,561 students on the public path
In brief

Witt Township’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 1332 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Witt Township’s, its schools beat 77%, higher than their 61% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state in reading, below in math

Reading proficiency is 36% and math 23% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 85–89% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Nokomis Community Unit School District 22 spends $16,270 per student and Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 $15,125, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Witt Township’s grade

B Test scoresC+ Graduation

B: better than 61% of Illinois school districts. Test scores are above the Illinois average; graduation is below it.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 61%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1332)Better than 77%
Towns in Montgomery County (18)Better than 67%
B−B+A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 1,036 test results and a graduating class of 98 could put Witt Township anywhere from B− to B+. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Witt Township’s students in the tested grades sat them (1,034 in math, 1,039 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Witt Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressB to B+

Witt Township runs its own schools through grade 12 (Nokomis Community Unit School District 22). From grade PK, students attend the Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3, shared with Butler Grove, Butler, Coffeen, Donnellson, East Fork, Fillmore Consolidated, Grisham, Hillsboro, Hillsboro, Irving, Irving, Lagrange, Panama, Schram City, Taylor Springs and Witt. Its elementary school is in Hillsboro. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Witt Township

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

Nokomis Community Unit School District 22Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 601 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,270IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,518 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,125IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Nokomis Community Unit School District 2232%
State average 29.9% · 298 students tested
Math · PK–12, Nokomis Community Unit School District 2232%
State average 25.8% · 282 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Hillsboro Community Unit School District 338%
State average 29.9% · 741 students tested
Math · PK–12, Hillsboro Community Unit School District 320%
State average 25.8% · 752 students tested

Witt Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Witt TownshipBNokomis Community Unit School District 22 PK–12 · Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Irving—Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3
Fillmore Consolidated—Nokomis Community Unit School District 22 PK–12 · Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 PK–12 · Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 PK–12
NokomisB+Nokomis Community Unit School District 22

2 of the 3 neighbors share Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 with Witt Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Witt 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 Witt Townshipin other towns
North Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Nokomis
A−
287 students13:1Rate it →
Beckemeyer Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Hillsboro
B+
641 students14:1Rate it →
Hillsboro Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hillsboro
B+
319 students12:1Rate it →
Nokomis Jr/Sr High Sch
High · Grades 6–12 · Nokomis
B
314 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Witt Township’s schools

Are Witt Township’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Illinois: the public schools Witt Township children attend outscore 61% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 77%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Witt Township in?

Two districts: Nokomis Community Unit School District 22 runs grades PK–12, and Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 runs grades PK–12, shared with Butler Grove, Butler, Coffeen, Donnellson, East Fork, Fillmore Consolidated, Grisham, Hillsboro, Hillsboro, Irving, Irving, Lagrange, Panama, Schram City, Taylor Springs and Witt.

What is Witt Township’s graduation rate?

85–89% of the class of 2023 in Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Witt Township spend per student?

$16,270 in Nokomis Community Unit School District 22 and $15,125 in Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.