Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3

Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 has four schools and 3,468 students: two elementary schools, a junior high and a high school. The supplied 2025–2026 proficiency results cover three schools; Middletown Prairie Elementary has no reported test scores. Most importantly, every reported subject-and-grade result at the other three schools exceeded its state benchmark, with advantages ranging from 6 points at Lincoln Trail Elementary School in grade 3 math to 33 points at Mahomet-Seymour High School in grade 10 math.

Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School stands out on all-grades IAR results: 81% were proficient in ELA and 62% in math, 24 and 23 points above state rates. The high school also performed well across its reported tests, including 69% proficiency in grade 10 math versus 36% statewide. Among schools with scores, Lincoln Trail has the narrowest lead in ELA: 59% proficient, 3 points above the state; its math result was 57%, 17 points above. SchoolDigger ranks the high school in the statewide 93rd percentile, the junior high in the 90th and Lincoln Trail in the 65th.

Recent results show gains and exceptions rather than one uniform trend. The junior high’s all-grades ELA and math scores rose 7 and 3 points from the prior year, and its leads over the state widened in both subjects. Lincoln Trail’s ELA score rose 3 points, but its state lead narrowed; meanwhile, the high school’s grade 10 science result jumped 10 points, while grade 11 ACT ELA and math each fell 2 points. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 22% at Middletown Prairie to 24% at Lincoln Trail. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 14.9 at Middletown Prairie to 18.8 at Lincoln Trail. Chronic absenteeism was below the state’s 24% at all four schools, from 6% at Middletown Prairie to 16% at the high school.