Summary:
Donovan CUSD 3 has one middle school, Donovan Junior High School, serving grades 6–8; it enrolled 54 students, and the latest supplied test results are for 2025–2026. With no other middle schools in the area, the most useful comparison is with Illinois: Donovan’s all-grades math proficiency was 59%, versus 40% statewide, while ELA was 54%, versus 56%. The clearest takeaway is that math is the school’s strongest result relative to the state, while ELA is the most important area to watch.
Donovan Junior High School is both the area’s highest- and lowest-scoring middle school by default, since it is the only one listed. Its strongest subject comparison is math: the school was 20 percentage points above Illinois overall, including eighth-grade math at 65% versus 35% statewide, a 30-point advantage. Eighth-grade science was also above the state, at 59% versus 52%, a 7-point lead. ELA was slightly below Illinois overall; sixth-grade ELA, however, was 59.3% versus 58.7% statewide, a 1-point advantage.
Results have shifted notably over time. ELA fell 27 points, from 81% in 2024–2025 to 54% in 2025–2026, while Illinois rose 3 points; Donovan moved from 28 points above the state to 3 points below. Math dipped 1 point, from 60% to 59%, but remained well above Illinois; its advantage narrowed from 22 points to 20. Eighth-grade science fell 5 points as the state rose 7, reducing the school’s lead from 19 points to 7. SchoolDigger places the school at the 72nd percentile in 2025–2026, down from the 93rd percentile the year before; it lists the district at rank 138 of 738, the 81st percentile, with 4 stars. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 6.7 in 2024–2025, and 57% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 16%, below the district’s 19% and Illinois’ 24% in 2025–2026.
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