Summary:
Middle schools in Tri Point CUSD 6-J consist of one school, Tri-Point Junior High/Elementary, which serves grades 4–8 and has 129 students; with only one school, there is no school-to-school comparison, and the grade 8 math result is unavailable. Its clearest strength is mathematics: in 2025–2026, 53% of students were proficient, compared with 40% statewide—a 13-point advantage.
Tri-Point was also slightly above Illinois in all-grades English language arts (ELA), at 59% versus 56%, a 3-point lead, but results varied considerably by grade: ELA proficiency ranged from 50% in grade 5 to 79% in grade 8. Science was the weaker subject relative to the state: grade 5 proficiency was 42% versus 48% statewide, and grade 8 was 46% versus 52%. Chronic absenteeism was another concern, at 32% compared with 24% statewide, though it was 2 points below the district rate.
Results improved year over year in ELA and math, while science moved in different directions by grade. ELA rose 9 points, from 50% to 59%, as the state increased 3 points; the school moved from 3 points below the state to 3 points above. Math rose 8 points, from 45% to 53%, while the state increased 1 point, widening the school’s lead from 7 to 13 points. In science, grade 5 fell 30 points to 42%, while grade 8 rose 17 points to 46%. SchoolDigger ranked Tri-Point in the 63rd percentile in 2025–2026 (417 of 1,126), up from the 51st percentile the prior year; it gives Tri Point CUSD 6-J three stars. As context, 96% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 9.9 that year.
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