Summary:
The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5 school district in Illinois is home to a single middle school, GCMS Middle School, which has consistently ranked in the top 30% of Illinois middle schools over the past 3 school years, with a ranking as high as 191 out of 1,367 schools in 2022-2023.
GCMS Middle School is a standout institution, maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and significantly outperforming the district and state averages in student performance on state assessments, particularly in English Language Arts. In 2024-2025, 73.2% of GCMS Middle School students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 67.3% for the district and 53.1% for the state. While the school's math proficiency rates lag slightly behind the district, its 8th grade science proficiency rate of 61.8% is well above the state average of 45.4%.
Despite serving a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 43.46%, GCMS Middle School is able to achieve these strong academic outcomes, potentially due to its higher per-student spending of $16,481, which is above the state average. The school's small student-teacher ratio of 9.7 may also contribute to its success in supporting student learning and achievement.
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