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Schools in Young Hickory Township

Young Hickory Township’s public schools

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Young Hickory Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 96% 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
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
37%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.3K
▼ 6% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.7
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
236 students on the public path
In brief

Young Hickory Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Young Hickory Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Spoon River Valley Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch lowest (68%). 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 Young Hickory Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Spoon River Valley Elem Schoolin London MillsA−
6–8Spoon River Valley Jr High Schin London MillsB+
9–12Spoon River Valley Sr High Schin London MillsB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4.

The district

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

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 236 students, down 18% since 2020–21 · 8.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,284IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 121 students tested
Math37%
State average 25.8% · 123 students tested

Young Hickory Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Young Hickory Township—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4
Fairview—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4
Ellisville—Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276 PK–12 · Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12
Deerfield—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 PK–12

All 3 neighbors share Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 with Young Hickory Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Young Hickory Township

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 Young Hickory Townshipin other towns
Spoon River Valley Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · London Mills
A−
134 students10:1Rate it →
Spoon River Valley Jr High Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · London Mills
B+
42 students7:1Rate it →
Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch
High · Grades 9–12 · London Mills
B+
60 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Young Hickory Township’s schools

Are Young Hickory Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Young Hickory Township. Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Young Hickory Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Young Hickory Township in?

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4.

Where do Young Hickory Township kids go to high school?

Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch.

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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.