Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 62239 include three schools in Community Unit School District No. 196, serving prekindergarten through grade 12 and enrolling 884 students: Bluffview Elementary (PK–6), Dupo Junior High (grades 7–8) and Dupo High (grades 9–12). The clearest areawide pattern is stronger ELA than math: across grades 3–8, school ELA results averaged 5 percentage points above state results, while math averaged 8 points below. Math is the main concern, with results below the state in four of six grades and especially large gaps in grades 4–7.
Dupo Junior High stands out for ELA: its 2025–2026 all-grades result was 68%, 11 points above the state, and eighth-grade ELA was 77% versus 63% statewide. But its all-grades math result was 36%, 3 points below the state. Bluffview had the strongest elementary science result, with 66% proficient in fifth grade versus 48% statewide; its sharpest weakness was fourth-grade math, at 19% versus 42%. Dupo High’s ninth-grade ELA was a bright spot at 62.1%, just above the state’s 61.5%, while its ninth-grade math and science were 4 and 12 points below state results.
Recent changes are mixed: Dupo High’s ninth-grade ELA rose 16 points over two years, while Dupo Junior High math rose 6 points and narrowed its state gap; Bluffview math fell 8 points and its deficit widened. SchoolDigger’s latest statewide percentiles were 51 for the junior high, 45 for Bluffview and 26 for the high school; each was below its earlier peak. Student-teacher ratios in 2024–2025 ranged from 9.4 at the junior high to 12.9 at Bluffview. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year ranged from 67% at the high school to 73% at the junior high; these are context, not an explanation for results. Chronic absenteeism was 31% at both the junior high and high school, compared with 20% at Bluffview. Because the schools serve different grades and the high school uses different tests, the figures do not support a simple overall ranking.
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