Summary:
Zip code 61053 has one high school, West Carroll High School, serving grades 9–12 with 245 students. The school’s graduation rate was 93% in 2025–2026, 3 points above Illinois, while chronic absenteeism was 30%, 7 points above the state and 11 points above the district. Most importantly, the latest grade 11 ACT results were below state rates in all three subjects.
Because West Carroll is the only school listed, there is no local school-to-school leader or comparison. Within its latest ACT results, ELA was closest to the state rate: 41% proficient compared with 50% statewide, a 9-point gap; math was 21% compared with 40%, a 19-point gap; and science was 26% compared with 48%, a 22-point gap. SchoolDigger rates the school at the 21st percentile, 490th of 620 schools, with 1 star for 2025–2026. Its reported percentile declined from the 32nd in 2023–2024 to the 24th in 2024–2025 and the 21st in 2025–2026, an 11-point drop.
ACT results improved in ELA and math, but science did not: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose from 25% to 41% and math from 11% to 21%, while science fell from 28% to 26%. PreACT results were mixed, too: grade 10 ELA improved from 38% to 44% and its gap to the state narrowed from 18 to 9 points, while grade 9 math fell from 27% to 17% and its gap widened from 11 to 25 points. As context, the school had a 12.6 student–teacher ratio and 49% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
Thank you for your feedback!