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Best Public Schools in Lewistown, IL

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588

Students

Top rankedLewistown Junior/Senior High School350^th of 698 Illinois high schools

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Lewistown Junior/Senior High School up 21 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Lewistown, Illinois is home to two schools: Central Elementary School serving grades PK-6 and Lewistown Junior/Senior High School serving grades 7-12. Both schools are part of the Lewistown CUSD 97 district, which is ranked 694th out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lewistown Junior/Senior High School has shown improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 458th out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 to 350th out of 698 in 2024-2025, earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a low dropout rate of 2.4% for the 2024-2025 school year. In terms of test scores, Lewistown Junior/Senior High School outperforms the district and state averages in several areas, including English Language Arts and Science.

In contrast, Central Elementary School has a lower statewide ranking and 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, though it has shown some improvement in its ranking over the past few years. The school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and struggles to meet the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. Both schools have a significant percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student populations.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	ISA Science (2025)		IAR English Language Arts (2025)							IAR Mathematics (2025)							% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Pneumococcal (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Pneumococcal All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	15501 E Avenue L	Lewistown	61542	Fulton County	Lewistown CUSD 97	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 547-2231	326	26	12.7	53.1%	311 (95.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	20.4	1660^th of 2056 public elementary schools	19.3%		20.3	1673^rd of 2067 public elementary schools	19.1%	13										41.7		22.7	10.9	19.4	34.3			21.1	27.3	10.9	5.6	20.0			16.1	99.1	97.6	97.6	97.6	99.1	97.6	99.1	12.4	11.8	$15,532	$1,440	$14,092
Lewistown Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	15205 N State 100 Hwy	Lewistown	61542	Fulton County	Lewistown CUSD 97	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 547-2288	262	22	11.9	48.9%	253 (96.6%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	49.7	350^th of 698 public high schools	49.9%		43.3	371^st of 697 public high schools	46.8%	21	52.0	52.6	24.0	21.1	44.9	44.7	53.3	30.0	46.7		47.9					18.2	37.5	28.3					6.8	12.5	9.8	99.2	98.9	98.9	98.9	99.6	98.1	99.6		96.6	$16,239	$1,421	$14,817

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City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Canton	7.27 mi	9	398^th
Havana	7.31 mi	3	525^th
Cuba	9.55 mi	3	563^rd
Manito	13.34 mi	3	427^th
Glasford	16.64 mi	3	223^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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