Summary:
Wilmington CUSD 209U, a school district in Illinois, has one middle school that stands out as a high-performing institution. Wilmington Middle School serves grades 6-8 and has a total enrollment of 272 students.
Wilmington Middle School consistently outperforms the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams. For the 2024-2025 school year, the school had 72.9% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to 60.8% for the Wilmington CUSD 209U district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the school had 37.8% proficiency, higher than the district's 46.3% and the state's 38.5%. Additionally, on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA), Wilmington Middle School had 51.7% of 8th-grade students proficient or better, outpacing the district and state averages.
Wilmington Middle School's academic excellence is further reflected in its school rankings, with the school being ranked among the top middle schools in Illinois, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year is an area that could benefit from targeted interventions to improve student attendance and engagement. Despite this, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.2 to 1 and higher-than-average spending per student of $16,027 in the 2023-2024 school year may contribute to its academic success.
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