Summary:
ZIP code 61101 has six schools: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving a range of grade levels. The latest results show differences among schools, but the broad IAR results are well below state proficiency levels: All Grades ELA ranges from 9% to 31%, compared with 56% statewide, and reported math results range from 3% to 19%, compared with 40% statewide. The main takeaway is that even the strongest broad IAR results in this group remain substantially below the state.
Conklin Academy leads the reported All Grades IAR results, with 31% in ELA and 19% in math. At the other end, Lewis Lemon Elementary has the lowest reported ELA result, 9%, while Kennedy Middle School has the lowest reported math result, 3%; Lewis Lemon’s math result is unknown. Grade-level results offer a different picture: Conklin’s 7th-grade ELA is 50%, 20 points above the district and 8 below the state, while Galapagos Rockford Charter School leads reported 8th-grade science at 35%, compared with Kennedy’s 12%. At the high school, Auburn High School is below the state in 11th-grade ELA, math and science by 14, 13 and 14 percentage points, respectively.
Conklin has the clearest recent gains: its ELA rose 7 points and math 8 points from the prior year, while Galapagos, McIntosh and Lewis Lemon each declined in ELA. Across the schools with results in both years, average gains were small, and state results rose faster. Chronic absenteeism is another point of contrast: Conklin’s rate was 23.8%, close to the state’s 23.5%, while the other five schools ranged from 39% to 68%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place Conklin at the 5th percentile; the other schools with rankings range from the 0th to 32nd percentile. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 25% at Galapagos to 92% at Lewis Lemon; Conklin was at 77%. Enrollment and student-teacher ratios also vary, from 372 to 1,957 students and ratios of 13 to 32, without a simple match to test results.
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