Summary:
ZIP code 61063 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Pecatonica Elementary School (PK–4), Pecatonica Community Middle School (5–8), and Pecatonica High School (9–12), all part of Pecatonica CUSD 321. The clearest overall standout is High School: its 2025–26 grade 11 ACT proficiency exceeded state results in ELA, math, and science.
High School led its state comparisons, with grade 11 results 17 percentage points above the state in ELA (67% versus 50%), 15 points above in math (55% versus 40%), and 14 points above in science (62% versus 48%). Elementary also had standout results in grade 3: ELA was 23 points above the state (71% versus 48%), and math was 20 points above (69% versus 49%). Its main exception was grade 4 ELA, 5 points below the state (51% versus 56%). Middle School’s ELA results topped the state in every grade, by 0 to 12 points; its all-grades math result was 1 point below the state (39% versus 40%), even though each grade-level math result was slightly above state results. These are different grade spans, so the schools’ all-grades figures are not direct comparisons.
Recent results are mixed: Elementary’s all-grades ELA rose 4 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while its math fell 2 points; Middle’s ELA rose 12 points and math rose 8. High School’s grade 10 PreACT results fell 13 to 17 points across subjects, although its current grade 11 ACT results remain strong. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings declined over the three listed years: High School went from 81 to 75, Elementary from 78 to 64, and Middle from 59 to 54. Context measures are fairly close across schools: the 2024–25 shares of students eligible for free/reduced lunch were 35% at Elementary, 34% at Middle, and 31% at High School; student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.8 to 14.1.
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