Summary:
Lyons has one listed middle school, Washington Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 659 students; the available profile covers test results, attendance, staffing, and school characteristics. Because it is the only school listed, no meaningful local top-to-bottom comparison is possible. The most important finding is that mathematics is the clearest state-relative challenge: in 2025–2026, 18% of students were proficient, compared with 40% statewide, a 21-point gap.
Washington is the only school in the group, not a meaningful local leader or trailer; within its results, ELA was stronger relative to the state than mathematics. ELA proficiency was 43%, versus 56% statewide, a 13-point gap—8 points narrower than the mathematics gap. Chronic absenteeism is also high compared with nearby benchmarks: the school’s 2025–2026 rate was 37%, versus 31% in Lyons School District 103 and 24% statewide, or 6 and 14 points higher, respectively. Eighth-grade science proficiency was 34%, compared with 52% statewide.
Results improved in ELA and eighth-grade science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but mathematics barely changed: ELA rose from 36% to 43%, and science from 26% to 34%, while mathematics increased from 17.7% to 18.3%. The state gaps narrowed by 4 points in ELA and 2 points in science, but widened by about 1 point in mathematics. SchoolDigger’s reported ranking also fell, from the 31st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 13th percentile in 2025–2026, an 18-point decline. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 11.1:1, and 80% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school, but do not explain its results.
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