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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 60957

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288

Students

Top rankedPaxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School429^th of 1,368 Illinois middle schools

Summary:

The zip code 60957 contains a single middle school, Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 362nd out of 1,367 Illinois middle schools in 2022-2023 to 429th out of 1,368 in 2024-2025. While the school outperformed the state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) for all grades in 2024-2025, it underperformed in Mathematics for all grades.

In 2023-2024, the school's ELA proficiency rates were above the state and district averages, but its Mathematics proficiency rates were below. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate in 2024-2025 was 46.1%, slightly above the state average of 45.4%. The school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 51.97% in 2023-2024, which may indicate a need for additional resources and support.

Despite the school's declining statewide ranking, it has access to relatively more resources compared to other schools in the state, with a per-student spending of $13,914 for the 2023-2024 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 12.6, which is lower than the state average. These factors suggest that the school may have the potential to improve student outcomes, but it will be important to understand how these resources are being utilized and their impact on student learning.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)	IAR English Language Arts (2025)				IAR Mathematics (2025)				% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School	Public	6-8	700 Panther Way	Paxton	60957	Ford County	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 379-9202	288	25	11.5	48.3%	228 (79.2%)	5 (1.7%)	36 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.6%)	64.6	429^th of 1368 public middle schools	68.6%		64.1	405^th of 1363 public middle schools	70.3%	24	46.1	63.6	62.1	52.8	59.7	43.4	41.1	32.6	39.2	98.9	99.3	99.3	99.3	99.3	98.9	99.3	97.8	$15,446	$1,248	$14,198

Cities Near Zip Code 60957

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Paxton	0.32 mi	4	325^th
Ludlow	5.33 mi	1
Rantoul	9.93 mi	8	781^st
Gifford	11.29 mi	1	304^th
Cissna Park	13.2 mi	3	222^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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