Summary:
ZIP code 61561 has one high school, Roanoke-Benson High School, serving grades 9–12 with 146 students. There are no other high schools in the ZIP code to compare it with, but its results can be compared with Illinois and across the two reported test years. The clearest finding is that the school generally performs above the state, especially in English language arts and science, while math is a less consistent strength.
In 2025–2026, Roanoke-Benson was above the state in eight of nine subject-and-grade comparisons; ninth-grade PreACT math was the exception, at 38% compared with 42% statewide, a 5-point gap. Its strongest current result was 10th-grade PreACT English language arts at 79%, and its lowest was ninth-grade PreACT math at 38%. Across the six supplied comparisons per subject, its averages were 75% in English language arts versus 56% statewide, 64% versus 49% in science, and 45% versus 38% in math. Graduation was 92%, compared with 90% statewide; chronic absenteeism was 4%, compared with 24% statewide and 6% in Roanoke Benson CUSD 60.
Results moved in different directions by grade: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, 10th-grade PreACT scores rose 4 points in English language arts, 13 in math, and 12 in science, while ninth-grade results fell 6, 16, and 15 points, respectively; 11th-grade ACT results fell 4, 10, and 3 points. Ninth-grade math was the sharpest reversal, shifting from 16 points above the state to 5 points below. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 83rd percentile in 2025–2026 (105 of 620 schools), after 82nd and 88th percentiles in the prior two years. Context figures include a 9.2 student-teacher ratio and 19% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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