Summary:
Zip code 62550 has one elementary school, Gregory Intermediate, serving grades 2–5 and enrolling 200 students; its reported test results cover grades 3–5 and grade 5 science. With no other listed schools, families cannot compare local schools against one another, but the latest results show Gregory above Illinois in every reported subject, with its strongest showing in science.
Gregory Intermediate is both the only school in the area list and, therefore, the only possible top or bottom school—not a meaningful local leader or trailer. In 2025–2026, its all-grades English language arts result was 63%, compared with 56% statewide, and math was 47%, versus 40%. The clearest standout was grade 5 science: 66% proficient, compared with 48% statewide, an 18-percentage-point advantage. Results varied by grade: grade 4 had the largest ELA advantage, 17 points, while grade 5 had the largest math advantage, 8 points.
Scores improved across the two reported years, especially in science. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Gregory’s all-grades ELA rose 10 points, versus 3 statewide; math rose 2 points, versus 1 statewide. Grade 5 science climbed 20 points, compared with a 7-point state increase, widening Gregory’s lead from 6 to 18 points. SchoolDigger gave the school 3 stars in each of the three listed years, with statewide percentiles of 59, 61, and 60—a broadly steady ranking. Other context: the student–teacher ratio was 11 in 2024–2025, and 42% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 7%, below the Central A & M CUD 21 rate of 14% and the state rate of 24%.
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