Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 61489 are three small schools in Williamsfield serving prekindergarten through grade 12, with 308 students enrolled across elementary, middle and high school. The latest shared IAR results show a clear divide: in 2025–2026, Williamsfield Middle School had 73% proficiency in all-grades ELA, compared with 50% at Williamsfield Elementary School; the middle school was 17 points above the state rate, while elementary was 6 points below. The most important finding is that the middle school’s ELA results are currently much stronger than elementary’s, even as elementary results have fallen sharply.
Williamsfield Middle stands out most in ELA and eighth-grade science: its eighth-grade ELA proficiency was 81%, 18 points above the state, and eighth-grade science was 81%, 29 points above. Williamsfield Elementary also had a strong grade-specific result: fourth-grade ELA was 81%, 26 points above the state. Neither school leads across every subject: middle all-grades math was 38%, 2 points below the state, while elementary all-grades math was 37%, 3 points below. Williamsfield High School has a 95% graduation rate, 5 points above the state, but its test results vary by grade and subject, so no high-school subject can be called the area-wide leader.
Results have shifted in different directions: elementary all-grades ELA fell 32 points, from 82% in 2024–2025 to 50% in 2025–2026, and math fell 39 points, from 76% to 37%; middle all-grades ELA rose 11 points, from 62% to 73%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 47th to 82nd for middle and from 25th to 65th for high between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 51% at middle, 33% at elementary and 27% at high school; student-teacher ratios were 10.0, 12.9 and 7.9, respectively. These are useful context, not explanations of results; small enrollments and different grades and assessments limit direct comparisons.
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