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About Central
Township in Illinois, USCentral Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7.968 and it contained 2,788 housing units.
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How Central ranks
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Health in Central
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 27 are too close to call.
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Schools in Central
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The public schools Central’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.
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