Summary:
Zip code 62025 has two public middle schools in Edwardsville CUSD 7, both serving grades 6–8: Liberty Middle School and Lincoln Middle School. In 2025–2026, both schools were above state results in all-grade English language arts (ELA) and math and eighth-grade science. The two-school averages were 71% in ELA, 52% in math and 64% in science, compared with state results of 56%, 40% and 52%, respectively. The area’s clearest strength is ELA, where its average was 15 percentage points above the state.
Liberty leads overall in math and eighth-grade science, while ELA is nearly even between the schools. ELA proficiency was 71.1% at Liberty and 70.7% at Lincoln, a 0.4-point difference. Liberty’s math result was 56% versus Lincoln’s 48%, an 9-point gap; its eighth-grade science result was 67% versus 62%, a 5-point gap. Eighth-grade math is the sharpest contrast: 59% at Liberty versus 41% at Lincoln, a 17-point difference. One exception to the overall ELA picture is sixth grade, where Lincoln led 75% to 69%.
Both schools’ results rose between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Lincoln made the larger ELA gain, up 16 points compared with 10 at Liberty; math gains were similar, at 8 points for each, while science rose 8 points at Lincoln and 3 at Liberty. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also improved over the listed years: Liberty moved from the 72nd to the 78th percentile and Lincoln from the 59th to the 71st; both have four stars in 2025–2026. Liberty has more students (888 versus 736) and a higher student–teacher ratio (16.7 versus 13.3). For school year 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 19% at Liberty and 26% at Lincoln; these are contextual differences, not explanations for test results.
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