Summary:
High-school options in ZIP code 61361 consist of one school, Bureau Valley High School, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 294 students. There are no other high schools in this list to compare, so the clearest picture comes from its results versus state averages and changes over time. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026, Bureau Valley exceeded the state in all nine reported subject-and-grade comparisons, by an average of 14 percentage points.
Science was the school’s strongest subject relative to the state, while mathematics was its least consistent. Its average science advantage was 20 percentage points, compared with 14 points in ELA and 8 points in mathematics; the math advantage ranged from just 3 points in grade 10 to 16 points in grade 9. The school’s largest individual lead was in ninth-grade science, where 70% were proficient versus 47% statewide; its narrowest was tenth-grade math, at 39% versus 36%. Other measures were favorable too: the 2025–2026 graduation rate was 92%, compared with 90% statewide, and chronic absenteeism was 12%, versus 24% statewide.
Results show both declines and notable gains, rather than a uniform trend. In 2025–2026, 11th-grade ACT proficiency fell from the prior year in ELA (78% to 65%), math (57% to 44%) and science (72% to 62%), although the school remained above state results. By contrast, ninth-grade PreACT Secure math rose from 34% to 58%, moving from below the state to 16 points above it. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 71st percentile in 2023–2024, 87th in 2024–2025 and 85th in 2025–2026; its reported rank changed from 201 of 697 to 90 of 620 as the comparison group changed. The student-teacher ratio was 10.9 in 2024–2025, and 39% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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