Summary:
Zip code 60955 has one listed middle school, Iroquois West Middle School, serving grades 6–8, so families have no other local middle school in this list to compare it with. Its latest all-grade results are slightly below Illinois in English language arts (ELA) and math: 55% proficient in ELA versus 56% statewide, and 38% in math versus 40%. The most important finding is that these all-grade results slipped below state levels after being above them the year before.
Within the school, sixth grade stands out most positively, while eighth grade—especially ELA—is the clearest weak spot. In 2025–2026, sixth graders scored 71% in ELA and 49% in math, respectively 12 and 13 points above state results. Seventh-grade ELA was 1 point above the state, while seventh-grade math was 1 point below. Eighth-grade results were 42% in ELA and 30% in math, 21 and 5 points below state levels. Scores from sixth to eighth grade span 29 points in ELA and 20 points in math. Because this is a one-school list, it cannot identify schools that lead or trail one another.
Results have changed unevenly: the school’s ELA proficiency fell from 59% in 2024–2025 to 55% in 2025–2026, and math fell from 40% to 38%, while state results rose in both subjects. Eighth-grade science improved from 19% to 38%, narrowing the gap with the state from 26 points to 14, though it remains below state results. SchoolDigger rates the school 2 stars and ranks it 644th of 1,126 schools, at the 43rd percentile; its percentile ranking declined from 64th in 2023–2024. The school enrolls 215 students, with a 12.2:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 54% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 19%, 5 points below both the district and state.
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