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Schools in Yates Township

Yates Township’s public schools

Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Yates Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.6K
▼ 23% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,496 students on the public path
In brief

Yates Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Yates Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Prairie Central Jr High School places highest (better than 73%); Prairie Central High School lowest (48%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Yates Township, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one elementary school, one middle school and one high school: Prairie Central 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 Yates Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressNo scores
2–4Prairie Central Elem Schoolin FairburyB
7–8Prairie Central Jr High Schoolin ForrestB+
9–12Prairie Central High Schoolin FairburyB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8.

The district

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

Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,712 students · 12.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,593IL $21,567 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading30%
State average 29.9% · 794 students tested
Math32%
State average 25.8% · 787 students tested

Yates Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Yates Township—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8
Lawndale—Ridgeview Community Unit School District 19
Eppards Point—Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 PK–8 · Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12
Indian GroveB−Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8
Chenoa—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Lexington Community Unit School District 7 PK–12
Pike—Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 PK–12 · Pontiac Township High School District 90 9–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 with Yates Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Yates Township

5 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 Yates Townshipin other towns
Prairie Central Primary West
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Chenoa
244 students15:1Rate it →
Prairie Central Primary East
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Chatsworth
148 students11:1Rate it →
Prairie Central Elem School
Elementary · Grades 2–4 · Fairbury
B
367 students12:1Rate it →
Prairie Central Jr High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Forrest
B+
250 students12:1Rate it →
Prairie Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fairbury
B−
487 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Yates Township’s schools

Are Yates Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Yates Township. Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Yates Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Yates Township in?

Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8.

Where do Yates Township kids go to high school?

Prairie Central 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.