Summary:
Herrin CUSD 4 has one middle school, Herrin Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 513 students. With just one school in the area, there is no school-to-school comparison; the clearest picture comes from comparing its results with state figures. In 2025–2026, the school was above the state in every supplied subject and grade comparison, with its largest advantage in eighth-grade mathematics.
Herrin Middle School stands out against the state, particularly in eighth-grade results: 48% of eighth-graders met the mathematics standard, compared with 35% statewide, a 14-point advantage; eighth-grade science was 64% versus 52%, a 12-point advantage. All-grades ELA was 66% versus 56%, 10 points higher, while all-grades mathematics was 43% versus 40%, 4 points higher. However, the school’s mathematics result was 3 points below the district figure of 46%; its ELA result was 5 points above the district’s 61%. There is no local top or bottom school to identify.
Mathematics made the clearest recent progress: its all-grades result rose 7 points, from 36% in 2024–2025 to 43% in 2025–2026, moving from 2 points below the state to 4 points above it. Eighth-grade science increased 15 points, from 49% to 64%, while its state advantage widened from 4 to 12 points. ELA remains a relative strength, but its state advantage narrowed from 11 points to 10. SchoolDigger reports a 2025–2026 ranking of 408 out of 1,126 schools, at the 64th percentile with three stars; its prior entries showed the 70th percentile and four stars, even as the listed test results rose. Context figures include a student-teacher ratio of 13.2 in 2024–2025 and 66% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these are observations, not explanations for achievement.
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