Summary:
Zip code 61064 has one listed middle school, Aplington Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 114 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade ELA proficiency was 49%, compared with 56% statewide, and math proficiency was 31%, compared with 40% statewide. Results varied by grade and subject, but the clearest overall concern is that both all-grade core-subject results were below Illinois averages.
Aplington had its strongest comparison with the state in eighth-grade science: 60% proficient versus 52%, an 8-point advantage. Eighth-grade ELA was also slightly higher, at 64% versus 63%, or 1 point above the state. By contrast, sixth- and seventh-grade ELA were 42% and 46%, respectively, compared with 59% and 58% statewide—gaps of 17 and 12 points. Sixth- and seventh-grade math were also below state results by 6 and 3 points; eighth-grade math is suppressed. Because it is the only school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison or local top and bottom school.
Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade math rose 8 points, from 23% to 31%, and eighth-grade science rose 20 points, from 41% to 60%; all-grade ELA fell 5 points, from 53.2% to 49%. ELA moved from nearly matching the state in 2024–2025 (53.2% versus 53.1%) to 8 points below it. SchoolDigger’s ranking declined from the 66th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 38th percentile in 2025–2026; the latest rank was 699 of 1,126 Illinois schools. The student–teacher ratio was 12.7 to 1 in 2024–2025, and 48% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 24% but above Polo CUSD 222’s 11%. These figures offer context, but do not establish what accounts for the results.
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