Summary:
Robinson, Illinois, has one middle school, Nuttall Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and 362 students. With no other local middle schools in the list, the clearest comparisons are with state results and across Nuttall’s grades. Its strongest overall result is English language arts (ELA), while math is below the state rate and especially weak in sixth grade.
Nuttall stands out positively in ELA and eighth-grade science: in 2025–2026, 72% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 56% statewide, and 64% were proficient in eighth-grade science, versus 52% statewide. Math was a relative concern: 33% were proficient overall, compared with 40% statewide. Results varied sharply by grade: math proficiency was 16% in sixth grade, 34% in seventh, and 47% in eighth. Sixth-grade math was 21 percentage points below the state rate, while eighth-grade math was 13 points above it. ELA exceeded state rates in all three grades, with its largest lead in eighth grade: 87% versus 63%.
Recent scores rose, but the picture differs by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Nuttall’s ELA rate increased from 68% to 72%, keeping its lead over the state at about 15 points; math rose from 32% to 33%, while the state rose from 39% to 40%, leaving Nuttall about 7 points behind. Eighth-grade science improved from 47% to 64%, compared with a state increase from 45% to 52%. Meanwhile, SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking fell from the 77th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 59th in 2025–2026, a decline of 18 percentile points; this relative ranking is distinct from year-to-year test scores. Chronic absenteeism was 21%, about the same as the district’s 21% and below the state’s 24%. In 2024–2025, the school’s student-teacher ratio was 12.9 and 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.
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