Summary:
Beecher CUSD 200U has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Beecher Elementary School (PK–5), Beecher Junior High School (6–8), and Beecher High School (9–12). They enroll 1,051 students altogether. The clearest area-wide pattern is strong ELA results in elementary and junior high alongside more uneven, and often weaker, mathematics results.
Beecher Elementary School and Beecher Junior High School stand out in all-grades ELA: they scored 74% and 73%, respectively, compared with 56% statewide—advantages of 17 points each. The elementary school’s all-grades math result was slightly above the state (42% versus 40%), but grade 5 was 10 points below. Junior-high math was 32%, 8 points below the state; grade 7 was 14 points below. At Beecher High School, grade 9 ELA (75%, 14 points above the state) and grade 10 science (59%, 11 points above) were bright spots. Grade 11 ACT results were below the state in all three subjects, especially math: 29% versus 40%, a 10-point gap.
Recent results show both progress and setbacks. Elementary and junior-high ELA remain strong, but their advantages over the state narrowed from 22 to 17 points and from 25 to 17 points, respectively. Elementary math fell from 46% to 42%, while junior-high math edged up from 31% to 32% and remained about 8 points below the state. High-school grade 11 ACT ELA fell from 71% to 43% year over year; these results reflect different student cohorts. SchoolDigger gives all three schools 3 stars; its latest percentiles are 63 for elementary, 59 for junior high, and 57 for high school, down from the prior year. Student-teacher ratios are close, from 13.2 to 14.1. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 ranged from 28% at the high school to 39% at the elementary school; these figures are context, not an explanation for school results.
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