Summary:
Cary CCSD 26 has one listed middle school, Cary Junior High School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 761 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades ELA result was 62%, above Illinois at 56%, while its math result was 37%, below the state’s 40%. The most important concern is eighth-grade math: 24% of students met the benchmark, compared with 35% statewide.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among schools in the area because Cary Junior High is the only school listed. Within the school, results vary notably by grade: sixth-grade ELA was 65%, 6 points above the state, and sixth-grade math was 45%, 9 points above. By eighth grade, ELA was 59%, 4 points below Illinois, and math was 24%, 11 points below. Eighth-grade science was a brighter spot, at 57% compared with 52% statewide. Overall, the school was 1 point below the district in ELA and 8 points below it in math.
All-grades scores rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but the school’s standing against the state changed little: ELA increased by 3 points as the state also rose by 3, narrowing the school’s lead from 7 points to 6; math increased by 1 point, matching the state’s 1-point rise, and its deficit shifted only slightly, from 3 points to 3. Science was essentially unchanged at 57%, while the state result rose from 45% to 52%, reducing the school’s lead from 11 points to 5. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile fell from 69th to 51st over the same period; its current listing gives the school 3 stars and a 57th-percentile district rank. For context, 29% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 12.4 that year.
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