Summary:
Zip code 61281 has one listed middle school, Sherrard Junior High School, serving grades 7–8, so there is only one local school in this comparison. In 2025–2026, about 50% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 56% statewide; in mathematics, about 27% were proficient, compared with 40% statewide. Grade 8 science was nearly level with the state: 51.5% versus 51.9%. The biggest concern in the latest results is mathematics, especially grade 8, where proficiency was 20% compared with 35% statewide—a 14-point gap.
There is no meaningful local top-or-bottom comparison because Sherrard is the only school listed; its results are not evidence that it stands out across the region. Against Sherrard CUSD 200 and the state, mathematics is the clearest weakness: the school’s 27% proficiency was 10 points below the district and 13 points below the state. ELA was also below both, at 50% compared with 53% for the district and 56% for the state, a 7-point state gap. Science was the closest subject to the state result, trailing by just 0.4 points.
Results over time show improvement in ELA but a sharp reversal in science. ELA rose from 45% in 2024–2025 to 50% in 2025–2026, and its state gap narrowed from 8 points to 7; mathematics remained weaker, with the state gap widening from 10 points to 13. Grade 8 science went from 59%, 13 points above the state in 2024–2025, to 51.5%, just below it the next year. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking also fell from the 54th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 29th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026. For context, the school had 189 students, a student–teacher ratio of 11.5 in 2024–2025, and 36% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
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