Best Middle Schools in Batavia, IL

Batavia, Illinois, has one listed middle school, Sam Rotolo Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 1,080 students; its most important distinction is that 2025–26 proficiency rates exceeded Illinois averages in ELA, math, and eighth-grade science.

With only one school listed, there is no local top or bottom school to compare; Sam Rotolo stands out instead for outperforming the state. In 2025–26, 71% of students were proficient in all-grades ELA, compared with 56% statewide, and 60% were proficient in math, compared with 40% statewide. Eighth-grade science proficiency was 75%, versus 52% statewide. Eighth grade was also the school’s strongest reported grade in ELA and math: 79% and 68%, respectively. Its eighth-grade math rate was 34 percentage points above the state rate, the largest grade-level gap reported.

Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: all-grades ELA rose 8 percentage points, math rose 7 points, and eighth-grade science rose 17 points; the school’s advantage over the state widened in each subject. SchoolDigger reports the school at the 78th percentile in 2023–24 and the 82nd percentile in 2025–26, and assigns it 4 stars. Other context includes a 14.3 student–teacher ratio and 18% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–26, below the district’s 12% and the state’s 24%. Because there is only one school in the list—and its reported grade-level results match those of Batavia Unified School District 101 while the all-grades figures differ—there is no school-to-school comparison, and the grade-level matches merit caution.