Summary:
Zip code 61565 has one listed school, Midland Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 214 students. With no other listed schools, the clearest comparisons are with Illinois and across Midland’s grades and years. The most important finding is the sharp grade-level divide: grades 7–8 are strong against state benchmarks in several subjects, while grade 5 results are below the state in ELA, math and science.
Midland Middle School’s strongest results were in grade 8 ELA, at 90% compared with 63% statewide, and grade 8 math, at 47% versus 35%. Grade 7 also exceeded the state in ELA, 82% to 58%, and math, 48% to 40%. At the other end, grade 5 ELA was 26% versus 55% statewide, and grade 5 science was 26% versus 48%; grade 5 math was also lower, 26% versus 36%. Across all grades in 2025–2026, ELA was 65% at Midland and 56% statewide, while math was nearly even at 39.8% and 39.6%, respectively. The list has only one school, so there is no school-to-school comparison.
Midland’s all-grade results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose from 62% to 65%, and math from 34% to 39.8%. Math moved from 4 percentage points below the state to 0.2 points above it, while the ELA advantage edged down from 9 points to 9 points after rounding. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking shifted from the 80th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 69th percentile in 2025–2026, and its rating went from 4 stars to 3. As context, 51% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 20%, compared with 24% statewide. The student–teacher ratio is unreported.
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