Summary:
Zip code 61571 has seven schools: three elementary, three middle and one high school, serving students from the early grades through high school. The six schools reporting IAR results have 2025–2026 all-grade averages above the state’s in both ELA and math: 62% versus 56% in ELA and 52% versus 40% in math. Those averages hide substantial differences by school and grade, so the clearest overall finding is that students’ test results vary widely across the area.
Central Intermediate School is the strongest IAR performer across several grades: it leads ELA in grades 5–8, math in grades 5, 6 and 8, and science in grades 5 and 8. Its grade 7 ELA score of 87% is 50 points above Beverly Manor Elementary School at 37%; the state score is 58%. Washington Middle School leads grade 7 math at 73%, while Lincoln Grade School leads grade 3 math at 69%. Beverly Manor has the lowest all-grade IAR results, at 50% in ELA and 32% in math, but its grade 8 ELA and grade 7 and 8 math scores exceed state results. Washington Community High School is above the state in every reported ACT and PreACT subject and grade.
Recent changes give a more mixed picture: Beverly Manor gained 19 points in ELA and 8 in math year over year, while Lincoln Grade fell 9 points in ELA and 4 in math. Across the six IAR schools, the average advantage over the state stayed near 6 points in ELA and widened from 9 to 12 points in math. SchoolDigger ranks Central Intermediate at the 92nd percentile, Washington Middle at the 87th and Beverly Manor at the 46th; Beverly rose from the 22nd percentile in 2023–2024. As context, the schools report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025: 12% at Central Intermediate, 25% at Washington Middle and 57% at Beverly Manor. These figures describe different school experiences, not what causes their results.
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