Summary:
Middle schools in ZIP code 61335 consist of one school, Putnam County Junior High School, serving grades 6–8 with 162 students. With no other listed school for comparison, the clearest picture comes from state results and differences among the school’s subjects and grades. The most important finding is that ELA is a current strength, while 8th-grade science and math are weaker results.
Putnam County Junior High stands out in all-grade ELA: 66% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 56% statewide, a 10-point advantage. Its all-grade math result was 34%, 5 points below the state’s 40%, and its 8th-grade science result was 38%, 14 points below the state’s 52%. The all-grade ELA result also masks a grade-level split: 7th-grade ELA was 16 points above the state, while 8th-grade ELA was 6 points below. In math, 8th grade was 6 points below the state; 6th and 7th grade were about even with it.
Results improved in ELA and math from the prior year, but science fell sharply. ELA rose 18 points from 2024–2025, while the state increased 3 points; math rose 7 points, and its gap below the state narrowed by 6 points. By contrast, 8th-grade science dropped 19 points as the state result rose 7, shifting the school from 12 points above the state to 14 points below. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank rose from 46 in 2023–2024 to 55 in 2024–2025, then fell to 47 in 2025–2026; its rating likewise went from 2 stars to 3 and back to 2, with a current statewide rank of 601 out of 1,126. Context figures include a 10.1 student-teacher ratio and 38% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these describe the school but do not explain its results.
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