Summary:
Macomb CUSD 185 has four schools serving kindergarten through grade 12 in Macomb, with enrollments ranging from 397 to 660 students. The clearest shared academic concern in the 2025–2026 results is math: every reported school-to-state math comparison falls below the state result, including gaps of 10 points at Macomb Senior High School, 13 points at Macomb Middle School, and 9 points at Edison Elementary School.
Macomb Senior High School stands out in 11th-grade ACT English and science: it scores 51% in English, 2 points above the state, and 49% in science, 1 point above; its math result is 30%, 10 points below the state. Macomb Middle School is slightly above the state in all-grades IAR English, at 58% versus 56%, but is below in math, at 27% versus 40%. Edison Elementary School has the largest broad elementary shortfall in the supplied results: all-grades English is 37%, 19 points below the state, and its third-grade English result is 23 points below. Its fifth-grade science is nearly level with the state, just 0 points behind when rounded. No test scores are supplied for Lincoln Elementary School.
Some results improved notably year over year: Macomb Middle School’s all-grades English score rose 16 points, and Edison Elementary School’s rose 8 points; Edison’s fifth-grade science increased 16 points and came within 0 points of the state result. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings declined from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at Senior High (75th to 51st), Middle (44th to 34th), and Edison (37th to 24th). For context, all four schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025, ranging from 51% to 64%; Senior High’s chronic absenteeism was 33%, compared with 24% statewide. Results are not a like-for-like overall ranking across schools, and Lincoln has no test scores supplied.
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