Summary:
ZIP code 60448 has one middle school, Mokena Junior High School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 502 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 82% in ELA and 58% in math, while eighth-grade science proficiency was 75%. Each result was above Illinois: the school’s advantages were 25 points in ELA, 18 in math, and 23 in science. Its clearest strength is ELA, where it had its largest lead over the state.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among local schools because Mokena is the only school in the list; by default, it is both the highest and lowest scorer. Compared with Mokena School District 159, the school was 8 points higher in all-grades ELA, but 3 points lower in math; eighth-grade science matched the district. Results also varied by grade: ELA ranged from 75% in grade 7 to 90% in grade 8, while math ranged from 48% in grade 6 to 69% in grade 8. Grade 8 was the strongest reported grade in both subjects, while grade 7 ELA and grade 6 math were the lower points.
Results improved in ELA and eighth-grade science over the two reported years, but math moved in the opposite direction. ELA rose 5 points and science rose 9, while math fell 2; the school’s advantage over Illinois grew by 2 points in ELA and science, but narrowed by 3 points in math. SchoolDigger gives Mokena a 2025–2026 rank of 150 out of 1,126, at the 87th percentile, with 4 stars; its reported percentile fell from 92 in 2023–2024 to 89 in 2024–2025. Other context includes a 12.2 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 17% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 11%—below Illinois’ 24%, but 1 point above the district. Since the list contains only one school, these figures cannot show how Mokena compares with other nearby schools.
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