Summary:
ZIP code 60511 has one listed middle school, Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 216 students. With no other middle school in the area to compare, the clearest picture comes from its results against state figures. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency was 67%, about 10 points above the state’s 56%; math proficiency was 27%, 13 points below the state’s 40%. The most important finding is an uneven academic profile: ELA is a strength overall, while math is the clearest concern.
The strongest grade-level result was grade 6 ELA, where 84% of students were proficient, 26 points above the state’s 59%. ELA was not equally strong across grades: grade 5 was 50%, about 5 points below the state, while grades 7 and 8 were above state results by 6 and 4 points, respectively. Math was below state results in grades 5 and 7 by 12 and 16 points; grade 6 was 2 points above the state. Grade 8 math is suppressed by the state, so no school score is available for comparison. Science was slightly above the state in both reported grades: grade 5 was 50% versus 48%, and grade 8 was 55% versus 52%.
Across the two years provided, the ELA lead over the state narrowed by about 5 points, while the math shortfall narrowed by about 1 point. Science advantages also shrank in grades 5 and 8. SchoolDigger’s ranking history moved from the 74th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 57th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026, a 17-point percentile decline. Context measures include a student-teacher ratio of 10 in 2024–2025 and 26% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe the school and do not explain its results. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 24% and the Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429 figure of 15%. Because the area has only one listed school, comparisons between local schools are not possible.
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