Summary:
Beach Park CCSD 3 has one middle school, Beach Park Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 715 students. Its 2025–26 proficiency results were below Illinois averages in every reported subject: all-grades ELA was 34% versus 56% statewide, a 23-point gap; all-grades math was 15% versus 40%, a 25-point gap; and eighth-grade science was 27% versus 52%, also a 25-point gap. The central takeaway for families is that proficiency was substantially below state results across ELA, math, and science.
Because it is the only school listed, Beach Park Middle School is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the group, with a 0-point spread; there is no school-to-school comparison. Within the school, sixth-grade math was closest to the state result, at 19% compared with 36%, a 17-point gap. Seventh-grade ELA had the widest same-grade gap: 27% compared with 58%, or 31 points. Eighth-grade ELA was the school’s strongest ELA result at 39%; math proficiency fell across grades, from 19% in sixth grade to 14% in seventh and 11% in eighth. These differences show that results vary by grade and subject.
Scores improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose from 29% to 34% (a 4-point gain), math from 10% to 15% (5 points), and eighth-grade science from 20% to 27% (7 points), though results remain below state levels. SchoolDigger’s ranking history moved the other way, from the 25th percentile in 2023–24 to the 6th percentile in 2025–26. Context figures include a 14.5:1 student-teacher ratio and 56.8% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; chronic absenteeism was 26% in 2025–26, compared with 25% districtwide and 24% statewide. These are contextual observations, not explanations for test results.
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