Summary:
Zip code 60915 has one middle school, Bradley Central Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 364 students. Its results are mixed: in 2025–2026, all-grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency was 57%, about 1 percentage point above Illinois, while math proficiency was 15%, 25 points below the state rate. That persistent math shortfall is the most important finding for families weighing the school’s academic results.
With only one school listed, there is no local school-to-school leader or trailing school; the clearest contrasts are among Bradley Central’s subjects and grades. ELA overall was 8 points above the 49% district rate, but grade-level results ranged from 45% in 7th grade to 66% in 6th grade. Sixth-grade ELA was 8 points above the state comparison, while 7th grade was 13 points below and 8th grade was 5 points below. Math was weak in both grades with reported results: 6th grade was 15% versus 36% statewide, and 7th grade was 22% versus 40%. Eighth-grade math results were not reported, so they cannot be compared.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but the gains were uneven: all-grade ELA rose 4 points and math rose 1 point, while 8th-grade science climbed 19 points, from 26% to 44%. Science remained 8 points below the state rate, but its gap narrowed substantially. Chronic absenteeism was 20% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 23% and the state’s 24%. SchoolDigger ranked Bradley Central 791st of 1,126 schools, at the 30th percentile with 1 star; its percentile had fallen from 45th in 2023–2024 and 37th in 2024–2025, even as recent test scores rose. The student–teacher ratio was 9.3 in 2024–2025, and 66% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are contextual figures, not explanations for results.
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