Summary:
Beecher CUSD 200U has one middle school, Beecher Junior High School, serving grades 6–8. Since it is the only school listed, the data cannot show how it compares with other local middle schools. In 2025–2026, it was well above Illinois in ELA and eighth-grade science, but below the state in math. The clearest concern is seventh-grade math, where results were notably below the state.
Beecher Junior High School is the area’s only school, so it is not meaningful to name a local top or bottom school; compared with Illinois, its strongest results were ELA and science. All-grades ELA was 73%, versus 56% statewide, a 17-point advantage, and eighth-grade science was 62%, versus 52%, a 10-point advantage. Math was the relative weakness: 32% met the measure, compared with 40% statewide, an 8-point shortfall. Seventh-grade math was the sharpest gap, at 26% versus 40%, or 14 points below the state. By contrast, sixth-grade math was 1 point above the state, while eighth-grade math was 3 points below. Chronic absenteeism was 9% at the school in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide.
Recent trends differ by subject: ELA remains a strength, but its lead narrowed, while science improved and the math gap persisted. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s ELA score fell from 78% to 73%, and its advantage over Illinois narrowed from 25 points to 17. Eighth-grade science rose from 53% to 62%, widening its state advantage from 8 to 10 points. Math edged up from 31% to 32%, but remained about 8 points below Illinois in both years. SchoolDigger’s ranking also shifted down from the 74th percentile, 4 stars, and rank 360 of 1,368 in 2024–2025 to the 59th percentile, 3 stars, and rank 461 of 1,126 in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 13.2 student–teacher ratio and 31% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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