Summary:
ZIP code 62040 has one middle school, Coolidge Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 854 students. In 2025–2026, its ELA proficiency was close to the district result, but math was much lower: 29.4% versus 29.1% in ELA, and 7.7% versus 13.0% in math. The most important finding is that Coolidge’s math proficiency was 32 percentage points below the state rate.
There is no local top-or-bottom comparison because Coolidge is the only school in the list. Its 2025–2026 results were below the state in each reported subject: ELA proficiency was 29% versus 56% statewide, math was 8% versus 40%, and eighth-grade science was 29% versus 52%. The gaps were 27 points in ELA, 32 in math, and 23 in science. Within the district, Coolidge’s ELA result was nearly identical (29.4% versus 29.1%), while its math result was 5 points lower; its science result matched the district at 29.4%.
ELA is the clearest sign of improvement, while math and science have not caught up with state results. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose from 21% to 29%, narrowing the state gap by 5 points. Math slipped from 8.2% to 7.7%, and the state gap widened by 2 points; eighth-grade science rose from 28.7% to 29.4%, but its gap widened by 6 points. SchoolDigger ranked Coolidge 1,098th of 1,126 Illinois middle schools, in the 2nd percentile, with 0 stars in 2025–2026; its reported percentile fell from 13th in 2023–2024. Context figures include an 18.1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 68% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 37%, below the district’s 40% but above the state’s 24%. These measures describe the school; with no other school in the list, they cannot support local peer comparisons.
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