Summary:
ZIP code 60118 has one middle school, Dundee Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 1,144 students in Cusd 300. Its 2025–26 results cover English language arts (ELA), math, and 8th-grade science. The most important takeaway is that Dundee’s proficiency rates were above state rates in every reported subject.
There is no local school-to-school top or bottom because Dundee is the only school listed. Compared with the state in 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was 66% in ELA versus 56% statewide, a 9-point advantage; in math, it was 44% versus 40%, a 5-point advantage. Eighth-grade science was 57% versus 52%, a 5-point lead. Dundee’s largest grade-specific advantage was in 8th-grade math: 46% proficient compared with 35% statewide, a 12-point gap. Within the school, 8th grade had the highest ELA result at 71%, while 7th grade had the highest math result at 46%.
Recent results improved most in ELA, while math was nearly unchanged and science moved in the opposite direction from the state. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Dundee’s all-grades ELA proficiency rose from 61% to 66%, compared with a statewide increase from 53% to 56%. Math stayed at about 44% at Dundee, while the state rose from 39% to 40%; 8th-grade science was about 57% in both years as the state climbed from 45% to 52%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also fell, from the 75th percentile and 4 stars in 2024–25 to the 62nd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–26, even as ELA results improved. For context, Dundee’s student–teacher ratio was 15.4 in 2024–25, and 37% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 20%, below the district’s 22% and the state’s 24%.
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