Schools in Zip Code 61534

Zip code 61534 has one listed school, Midwest Central Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 183 students; its results can be compared with the state and Midwest Central CUSD 191, but not with other schools in the zip code. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades English language arts (ELA) score was 62%, above the state’s 56%, while math was 30%, below the state’s 40% and the district’s 39%. Math is the clearest concern, especially in sixth grade: 20% met the benchmark, 17 percentage points below the state’s 36%.

The school’s strongest current results are in ELA and eighth-grade science, while math is its weakest subject overall. ELA was 6 points above both the state and district results, and eighth-grade science was 59%, 7 points above the state’s 52%. Results also differ by grade: seventh-grade ELA was 9 points above the state and seventh-grade math was 2 points above, but sixth-grade ELA was 6 points below and sixth-grade math was 17 points below; eighth-grade math was 5 points below. There is no other listed school to rank as a local leader or lower performer.

Recent results show progress in ELA and science, but not in math relative to the state. ELA rose from 51% in 2024–2025 to 62% in 2025–2026, while the state increased from 53% to 56%; the school shifted from 2 points below the state to 6 points above. Eighth-grade science climbed 13 points to 59%, compared with a 7-point state increase, while the school’s math score rose just 1 point and its state-relative shortfall widened by about 1 point. SchoolDigger lists the school at the 46th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 56th percentile and 3 stars the prior year. Context figures include an 11.4 student–teacher ratio and 48% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 19%, below the state’s 24% but above the district’s 17%.