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Schools in Zif Township

Zif Township’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 100% 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
12%
2020–21
Math proficiency
8%
2020–21
Graduate on time
70%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.7K
▼ 13% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.2
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
253 students on the public path
In brief

Zif Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Zif Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Clay City High School places highest (better than 92%); Clay City Jr High School lowest (6%). 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 Zif Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Clay City Elem Schoolin Clay CityB−
6–8Clay City Jr High Schoolin Clay CityD
9–12Clay City High Schoolin Clay CityA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Clay City Community Unit 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.

Clay City Community Unit District 10Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 253 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 9.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,717IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading12%
State average 29.9% · 129 students tested
Math8%
State average 25.8% · 144 students tested

Zif Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Zif Township—Clay City Community Unit District 10
Elm River—North Wayne Community Unit School District 200
Keith—Flora Community Unit School District 35 PK–12 · Clay City Community Unit District 10 PK–12
Clay CityDClay City Community Unit District 10
Mount Erie—North Wayne Community Unit School District 200 PK–12 · Richland County Community Unit School District 1 PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Clay City Community Unit District 10 with Zif Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Zif 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 Zif Townshipin other towns
Clay City Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Clay City
B−
125 students10:1Rate it →
Clay City Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Clay City
D
60 students10:1Rate it →
Clay City High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Clay City
A
68 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Zif Township’s schools

Are Zif Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Zif Township. Clay City Community Unit District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Zif Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Zif Township in?

Clay City Community Unit District 10.

Where do Zif Township kids go to high school?

Clay City 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.