Summary:
The middle-school list for Fox River Grove Cons School District 3 has one school, Fox River Grove Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 174 students. Compared with Illinois in 2025–2026, the school was ahead in English language arts (ELA), with 66% proficient versus 56% statewide, but behind in math, at 28% versus 40%. The most important finding is that the all-grades ELA strength masks a major grade 8 weakness: just 35% were proficient, 28 percentage points below the state.
Within the school’s grade-level results, ELA in grades 5 and 6 stands out most positively: proficiency was 85% and 83%, respectively, exceeding state results by 30 and 24 points. Grade 8 ELA was the clearest low point, while grade 8 science was also far below the state—21% versus 52%, a 31-point gap. Math results were mixed: grade 6 was a bright spot at 46%, 10 points above the state; grade 5 was 22%, 15 points below; and grade 7 was 28%, 11 points below. Grade 8 math is suppressed, so no figure or state comparison is available for that grade. Because only one school is listed, there is no school-to-school leader or trailer to identify.
Recent trends also differ by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose from 56% to 66%, while the state rose from 53% to 56%, widening the school’s advantage by 6 points. Math fell from 34% to 28% as the state increased from 39% to 40%, and the school’s deficit grew by 7 points. Grade 8 science dropped from 59% to 21%, shifting from 13 points above the state to 31 points below. SchoolDigger’s rank history moved from the 34th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 62nd in 2024–2025 and the 42nd in 2025–2026. Context figures include a student–teacher ratio of 11.2 and 21% eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 12%, compared with 10% districtwide and 24% statewide.
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