Summary:
Zip code 61755 has two schools in Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701: Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High, serving PK–8 with 432 students, and Dee-Mack High School, serving grades 9–12 with 293 students. The most important finding is that both schools post several results above state rates, with science a particularly consistent strength.
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High stands out for broad results above state proficiency: in 2025–2026, all-grades ELA was 75% versus 56% statewide, and math was 47% versus 40%; eighth-grade science was 77% versus 52%. Dee-Mack High School was above state rates in seven of nine reported grade-and-subject comparisons, with science leading: its advantages were 20 points in grade 9, 7 in grade 10, and 12 in grade 11. Its exceptions were math in grades 10 and 11, which trailed state rates by 2 and 1 points. Graduation was 96%, matching the district and exceeding the state’s 90% by 6 points. The schools serve different grades, so their results do not establish an overall winner.
Recent results mostly moved in a favorable direction relative to state rates, but not uniformly: primary/junior high all-grades ELA rose 10 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while grade 8 science rose 10 points. At the high school, grade 9 results rose 17 points in ELA, 20 in math, and 15 in science; grade 10 ELA fell 5 points, though it remained 7 points above the state. SchoolDigger’s high-school ranking improved from 232nd of 698 to 147th of 620, its percentile from 67 to 76, and its rating from 3 to 4 stars. As context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 13.6 at the primary/junior high and 11.6 at the high school; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 30% and 26%, respectively.
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