Cambridge Community Unit School District #227 is a pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade school district. The district operates three schools and a unit office. All of the district's schools are located on the same site on the west side of the village of Cambridge. Cambridge Elementary School is situated on the south end of the district property and serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade students. Cambridge Junior/Senior High School is located at the north end of the school district site and houses seventh through twelfth grade students.

The current school district enrollment is five hundred twelve. The staff includes forty-four certified teachers, forty-four support staff, and three administrators. Below is a description of the programs and curriculum offered at each of the district's schools.

Cambridge Elementary School offers the Beginning at Home program for children ages 0-1 and the Bright Beginnings program for youngsters ages 1-3, and the pre-kindergarten program for children ages 3-5. The kindergarten through sixth grade curriculum includes the basic skills - reading, writing, phonics, spelling, arithmetic, science, social studies, learning resources, health education, physical education, art education, and music education. Programs and support services for kindergarten through sixth grade students consist of gifted education, special education, Title I reading and mathematics, the Flexible Service Delivery System, an after school academic support program, and bullying prevention. There is also a very active extracurricular program for elementary school students that include soccer, football, boys and girls track, boys and girls basketball, and volleyball.

Cambridge Elementary School has been designated as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education. The Blue Ribbon School Award recognizes schools whose students have demonstrated excellence in education through their performance on state achievement tests. The students at Cambridge Elementary School have ranked in the top 10% of all schools in the state of Illinois on the Illinois State Achievement Tests for the last five school years. Cambridge Elementary School is one of only ten schools in the state to win this award. The recognition of Cambridge Elementary School is evidence of the outstanding education that is provided by the school.