Summary:
ZIP code 61455 has one middle school, Macomb Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 479 students. In 2025–2026, its English language arts (ELA) proficiency was 58%, slightly above Illinois at 56%, while its 8th-grade science result was 49%, below the state’s 52%. The clearest concern is math: 27% of students were proficient, 13 percentage points below the state’s 40%.
Macomb Middle School is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this ZIP-code group because it is the only one; that does not establish how it compares with a broader area. Its strongest subject result is ELA, with a reported 1-point advantage over the state. Its largest shortfall is math, especially in 7th grade: 24% were proficient, 15 points below the statewide result of 40%. Math results were below the state in all three grades, while ELA was above it only in 8th grade, by less than a point.
Results improved notably in ELA: proficiency rose from 42% in 2024–2025 to 58% in 2025–2026, while the statewide result rose from 53% to 56%; the school’s relative gap improved by 13 points. Math also rose, from 23% to 27%, and its gap narrowed by 3 points, but it remains the largest concern. Eighth-grade science increased from 46% to 49%, though the state’s larger increase left Macomb 3 points below Illinois. SchoolDigger ranked the school 739th of 1,126, in the 34th percentile with two stars, in 2025–2026; in 2024–2025 it ranked 791st of 1,368, in the 42nd percentile, also with two stars. Context measures include a 12.7 student-teacher ratio and 51% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, plus 22% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, below the state’s 24% and Macomb CUSD 185’s 26%. With only one school listed, there is no local school-to-school comparison.
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