Summary:
Perry, Illinois, has one listed middle school: Griggsville-Perry Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 92 students. Since it is the only school in the area list, families do not have another local middle school for comparison. The clearest finding is that the school’s strongest state-relative performance is in English language arts (ELA): in 2025–2026, 71% of students were proficient, compared with 56% statewide, a 15-point advantage.
There is no local top or bottom school to identify, so the most useful comparisons are with Illinois. Science was another standout: fifth-grade proficiency was 71%, versus 48% statewide, a 24-point lead; eighth-grade science was 55%, compared with 52%. Mathematics was much closer to the state overall, at 41% versus 40%, although seventh-grade math was a notable exception at 55%, about 15 points above the state rate. Chronic absenteeism was also lower than the comparison rates: 19% at the school, versus 21% in Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4 and 24% statewide.
Results improved most clearly in ELA and science. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s ELA rate rose 15 points, while Illinois rose 3 points; its advantage over the state widened by 12 points. Fifth-grade science increased 29 points and eighth-grade science rose 15 points, moving both grades above state results. All-grades math was essentially unchanged, while its lead over the state narrowed by 1 point. SchoolDigger ranks the school 294th of 1,126, in the 74th percentile, with a four-star rating; its ranking history rose from the 62nd percentile in 2023–2024. For context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 8.3, and 40% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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