Summary:
ZIP code 61490 has one listed school, AlWood Middle/High School, which serves grades 6–12. With just one school, there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. Its 2025–26 IAR results show a clear difference by subject: all-grades ELA was 73% compared with 56% statewide and 67% in the district, while mathematics was 35% compared with 40% statewide and 38% in the district. The most important finding is that ELA is a standout strength, but overall IAR math remains below state and district results.
Among the reported results, ELA stands out most: grades 6 and 7 were each 18 percentage points above the state, and grade 8 was 5 points above. High-school ELA was also above state results in grade 11 ACT by 12 points and grade 9 PreACT by 11 points, while grade 10 PreACT was 1 point below. Math results are more mixed: grade 7 IAR math was 9 points above the state, despite the below-state all-grades result. Grade 8 science was nearly even with the state, at 52% versus 52%. Graduation was 90%, close to the state’s 90%; chronic absenteeism was 13%, below the state’s 24% but above the district’s 10%.
Both all-grades IAR results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, with math making the bigger relative gain against the state: AlWood math rose from 22% to 35%, while the state moved from 39% to 40%, narrowing the gap from 16 points below to 5 points below. ELA rose from 55% to 73%, widening its lead over the state from 2 to 17 points. Science trends differed by grade and test: grade 8 ISA science fell 12 points, while grade 9 PreACT science rose 9 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 42 to 53 to 74 across the three years reported, with ratings increasing from 2 to 4 stars. The school reported 184 students, a 9.3 student-teacher ratio, and $19,173 per student in spending for 2024–25; 34% were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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