Summary:
ZIP code 62534 has one middle school, Okaw Valley Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 124 students. Because it is the only school listed, comparisons are with state or district results rather than local peers. Its results are uneven: 2025–2026 ELA proficiency was 70%, 13 points above the state, while math proficiency was 12%, 27 points below the state. The most important concern is the sharp math gap, which widened from the prior year.
Okaw Valley Middle School stands out positively in ELA and fifth-grade science, and negatively in math and eighth-grade science, compared with Illinois results. ELA proficiency exceeded the state rate in all four reported grades, by 5 to 17 points; all-grades ELA was 70% versus 56% statewide. Fifth-grade science was 68%, 20 points above the state, while eighth-grade science was 41%, 11 points below it. All-grades math was 12% compared with 40% statewide—the largest unfavorable comparison among the reported results.
Recent trends reinforce the different subject patterns: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grades ELA rose 6 points, while math fell 12 points as the state rate rose 1 point. Fifth-grade science climbed 31 points and eighth-grade science rose 15, though eighth grade remained below the state. SchoolDigger rated the school three stars and placed it 539th of 1,126 schools in 2025–2026, at the 52nd percentile. Other context includes a 10.9 student–teacher ratio and 50% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–2026, 2 points above the district’s 8% but 13 points below the state’s 24%.
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