Summary:
ZIP code 61072 has four schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Hononegah CHD High School (9–12), Stephen Mack Middle School (6–8), Rockton Elementary School (PK–2) and Whitman Post Elementary School (3–5). Enrollment ranges from 509 to 1,814. The latest reported achievement results are from 2025–2026; Rockton has no test scores listed, so its academic performance cannot be assessed here. The clearest overall positive is that every reported test result is above its matching state result.
Hononegah stands out across its high-school results: grade 11 ACT scores were 73% in ELA, 71% in math and 66% in science—23, 31 and 18 percentage points above state results—and its graduation rate was 97%, 7 points above the state. Stephen Mack leads the two IAR schools in All Grades ELA, with 81%, 24 points above the state and 13 points above Whitman Post. Whitman Post leads in All Grades math, scoring 60%, 21 points above the state and 12 points above Stephen Mack. Whitman Post also has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 9%; Hononegah has the highest at 22%, though that is still below the state rate.
Recent IAR changes are mixed: Stephen Mack’s ELA rose 3 points and math rose 3, while Whitman Post’s ELA rose 1 point and math fell 5. Both schools’ ELA results improved, but their math trends diverged. SchoolDigger’s school rankings moved in different directions from these ELA gains: Stephen Mack went from 197th to 270th, and Whitman Post from 317th to 402nd; the comparison pools changed between years. For context, the 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 25% at Hononegah, 30% at Stephen Mack, 36% at Rockton and 33% at Whitman Post. Student–teacher ratios were 16.8 at Stephen Mack and 15.4 at Whitman Post. SchoolDigger rates Hononegah CHD 207 five stars and Rockton School District 140 four stars; these are district ratings, not school test results. Comparisons across schools are limited because the grade spans and reported assessments differ.
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