Summary:
Zip code 62206 has one middle school, Wirth/Parks Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Cahokia CUSD 187. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was 15% in all-grades ELA, 3% in all-grades math, and 14% in grade-8 science, compared with state rates of 56%, 40%, and 52%. That puts the school 42 points below the state in ELA, 37 points below in math, and 38 points below in science—the most important finding for families is that results are substantially below state levels in every reported subject.
There is no second school in the ZIP code to compare as a local leader or trailer, so Wirth/Parks is both the only school and the only one with reported results. SchoolDigger ranked it 1,124th of 1,126 statewide in 2025–2026 and gave it 0 stars. Its earlier rankings were 1,352nd of 1,368 in 2024–2025 and 1,349th of 1,363 in 2023–2024; a change in rank alone does not show whether test performance improved.
Proficiency increased from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three comparable series, but state results rose faster, so the gaps widened: ELA went from 13% to 15% at the school while the state rose from 53% to 56%; math increased from 2.2% to 2.6% while the state moved from 39% to 40%; and grade-8 science rose from 12% to 14% while the state climbed from 45% to 52%. ELA is a little above the district rate (14.8% versus 14.5%), while math and science are below the district. Chronic absenteeism is 59%—close to the district’s 59% (59.3% versus 58.9%), but 36 points above the state’s 24%. For context, 81.6% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 14.3:1 that year; these figures do not establish a cause for the results.
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