Summary:
ZIP code 61853 has one middle school, Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 812 students. Because it is the only school in the list, families have no other listed local middle school for comparison. The clearest finding is that its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were higher than Illinois rates in every reported subject.
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this ZIP-code list by default, which is not a meaningful local ranking. Compared with the state in 2025–2026, its all-grade ELA proficiency was 81% versus 56%, a 24-point advantage; math was 62% versus 40%, a 23-point advantage; and grade 8 science was 78% versus 52%, a 26-point advantage. The largest lead was in grade 8 science, though that result covers only that grade. Chronic absenteeism was 10% at the school, compared with 24% statewide, or 13 points lower.
Results increased from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: proficiency rose 7 points in ELA, 3 points in math, and 9 points in grade 8 science, while state rates rose 3, 1, and 7 points, respectively. The school’s advantage over the state widened in all three subjects. Within the school, ELA proficiency climbed from 73% in grade 6 to 89% in grade 8, while math peaked at 67% in grade 7 before reaching 63% in grade 8. SchoolDigger ranked the school 117th of 1,126 schools statewide and gave it four stars for 2025–2026. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 15.1, and 23% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. The list includes only one school, so it cannot show how these figures compare with other middle schools in the ZIP code.
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