Summary:
Four middle schools serving grades 6–8 are included in McLean County Unified School District 5. In 2025–26, their average proficiency was 61% in all-grades ELA, above the state’s 56%; 36% in mathematics, below the state’s 40%; and 60% in eighth-grade science, above the state’s 52%. The clearest takeaway is that no one school leads in every subject: Chiddix Junior High School leads ELA and science, while Evans Junior High School leads mathematics.
Chiddix has the strongest all-grades ELA result at 67%, 3 percentage points ahead of Evans at 64%, and leads eighth-grade science at 71%. Evans tops all-grades mathematics at 43%, the only school above the state’s 40%; Kingsley Junior High School is lowest at 29%. Parkside Junior High School is lowest in all-grades ELA at 54% and eighth-grade mathematics at 18%, but has a notable exception: it leads sixth-grade mathematics at 42%, above the state’s 36%. Parkside’s eighth-grade science result, 52%, matches the state, while Chiddix is 19 points higher.
Group averages rose between the two supplied years: ELA by 7 percentage points, mathematics by 2, and eighth-grade science by 9. Gains were uneven: Kingsley’s ELA rose 13 points while Evans’ fell 3; Parkside’s mathematics rose 8 points, while Kingsley’s edged down. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Evans and Chiddix at the 61st percentile with three stars, Kingsley at the 41st percentile and Parkside at the 38th, both with two stars. For context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible rates ranged from 30% to 46%, and student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.8 to 14.1. The supplied score history covers only two school years.
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