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Best Public Schools in Paris, IL

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At a glance

Schools

1,780

Students

Districts

Top rankedCrestwood Junior High School353^rd of 1,126 Illinois middle schools

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Biggest riser

Crestwood Junior High School up 124 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mayo Middle School 9.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Paris, Illinois, has seven schools—three elementary, two middle and two high—serving students from elementary through high school. Test scores were supplied for two elementary and two middle schools; no scores were supplied for Memorial Elementary School or either high school, Paris Cooperative High School 95 and Paris Cooperative High School 4. The clearest overall pattern is that middle-school results are stronger than elementary results: average grade-level gaps from the state were 15 percentage points above in middle-school ELA and 5 above in math, compared with 6 below in both subjects at the elementary level.

Crestwood Junior High School stands out in ELA, exceeding the state in grades 6, 7 and 8; its grade 8 result was 89%, 26 points above the state. Mayo Middle School excelled in grade 8 math and science, scoring 55% and 74%—20 and 22 points above the state. Among elementary schools, Crestwood Elementary School led Carolyn Wenz Elementary School in most same-grade comparisons. Wenz had the weakest result in grade 3 ELA at 32%, 16 points below the state and 30 points below Crestwood; its exception was grade 5 math, where it scored 25% versus Crestwood’s 20%, though both were below the state.

Across the same four schools, the average All Grades ELA score fell from 64% to 61% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while the state rose from 53% to 56%; the schools’ average advantage narrowed from 11 points to 5. In math, the average declined from 41% to 39%, moving from 3 points above the state to 1 point below. SchoolDigger’s latest statewide rankings put Mayo and Crestwood Junior High at the 68th and 69th percentiles, compared with the 46th for Crestwood Elementary and 20th for Wenz. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 41% at Crestwood Elementary and 69% at Wenz, and 37% at Crestwood Junior High and 56% at Mayo; reported student-teacher ratios that year ranged from 9.5 at Mayo to 14.9 at Crestwood Junior High. These measures describe different school contexts, not a cause of test results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paris Bridges	Public	6-12	210 E Court St	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Clk/Cls/Cmbn/Dglas/Edgr/Mltr/Shlb	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 463-3044	0	4	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Paris TAOEP	Public	6-12	210 E Court St	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Clk/Cls/Cmbn/Dglas/Edgr/Mltr/Shlb	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 463-3044	0	1	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Paris Cooperative High School	Public	9-12	14040 E 1200th Rd	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris Cooperative High School	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 466-1175	0	31	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	42.7	362^nd of 620 public high schools	41.6%		48.5	364^th of 698 public high schools	47.9%	2	51.4	46.1	31.4	26.5	43.8	37.3	50.4	40.5	47.1
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School	Public	3-5	437 W Washington St	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris-Union School District 95	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 466-3140	258	18	14.0	69.0%	228 (88.4%)	5 (1.9%)	14 (5.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	19.7	1388^th of 1737 public elementary schools	20.1%		52.9	947^th of 2056 public elementary schools	53.9%	441										36.6		31.6	46.3	39.8				39.3	32.9	33.8	25.3				30.6	100%		$14,160	$1,970	$12,190
Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	509 E Newton St	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris-Union School District 95	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 466-6170	293	24	12.4	77.1%	268 (91.5%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)								(n/a)																										99%		$14,582	$1,820	$12,762
Mayo Middle School	Public	6-8	300 E Wood St	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris-Union School District 95	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 466-3050	241	25	9.5	55.6%	219 (90.9%)	4 (1.7%)	11 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	63.9	357^th of 1126 public middle schools	68.3%		69.2	374^th of 1368 public middle schools	72.7%	17											73.8				68.7	72.0	82.4	73.8				26.5	34.1	55.1	37.6	99.2%		$16,065	$1,819	$14,246
Paris Cooperative High School 95	Public	9-12	14040 E 1200th Rd	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris-Union School District 95	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 466-1175	366	0		—	325 (88.8%)	9 (2.5%)	21 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)								(n/a)																										99.4%
Crestwood Junior High School	Public	6-8	15601 US Highway 150	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 465-5391	134	9	14.9	37.3%	130 (97.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	64.1	353^rd of 1126 public middle schools	68.7%		61.2	477^th of 1368 public middle schools	65.1%	124											53.8				75.7	61.0	88.7	76.3				51.4	36.6	47.2	45.0	99.3%		$12,287	$210	$12,077
Crestwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15601 US Highway 150	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 465-5391	309	24	13.1	40.5%	299 (96.8%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	43.8	943^rd of 1737 public elementary schools	45.7%		69.4	614^th of 2056 public elementary schools	70.1%	329										46.0		61.2	58.3	46.0				55.1	55.1	50.0	20.0				41.5	99.1%		$12,573	$1,047	$11,527
Paris Cooperative High School 4	Public	9-12	14040 E 1200th Rd	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 466-1175	179	0		—	174 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)								(n/a)																										99.4%

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Marshall	14.75 mi	4	277^th
Hume	14.9 mi	2	709^th
Oakland	17.48 mi	2	679^th

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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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