Summary:
The 62948 zip code is home to a single middle school, Herrin Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Herrin CUSD 4 district.
Herrin Middle School is a strong-performing institution, consistently ranking in the top 30% of Illinois middle schools over the past 3 years and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's student performance on state assessments exceeds the district and state averages in most subject areas and grade levels, particularly in English Language Arts where proficiency rates range from 57.6% to 67.7%, significantly higher than the state average of 53.1% to 56.7%. While the school's math proficiency rates are more mixed, ranging from 28.2% to 46.5%, they still remain above the state averages.
Despite serving a population with a relatively high percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch at 67.45%, Herrin Middle School has been able to achieve these strong academic results. The school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $11,689 and lower student-teacher ratio of 12.1 suggest that the school is effectively allocating resources to support student learning and address the socioeconomic challenges faced by its student population.
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