Summary:
Zip code 66740 has one listed school, Galesburg Middle School, serving 112 students in grades 5–8 in the Erie-Galesburg district. Because it is the only school in the local group, families do not have another listed school for comparison. Its latest all-grades results are above the state in math and science, while ELA remains slightly below.
The clearest strength is eighth-grade math, while seventh-grade math is the most notable weakness. In 2025–26, eighth-grade math proficiency was 52%, compared with 40% statewide—a 12-point advantage; seventh-grade proficiency was 25%, compared with 38% statewide, a 13-point shortfall. Across all grades, the school was at 45% in math versus 41% statewide, 39% in science versus 38%, and 44% in ELA versus 46%. ELA also varied by grade: the school was above the state in fifth and seventh grades, but below it in sixth and eighth. The overall science advantage deserves caution: the supplied fifth- and eighth-grade science comparisons were both below the state, despite the school’s all-grades result being above it.
Results improved notably from 2024–25 to 2025–26: all-grades proficiency rose 6 points in ELA, 15 points in math, and 11 points in science. Over the same period, the state’s results changed by 1 point in ELA and 2 points in math, while science fell 3 points; the school’s gap versus the state consequently improved in each subject. SchoolDigger’s ranking also rebounded, moving from 257th of 363 schools (29th percentile) in 2024–25 to 172nd of 368 (53rd percentile) in 2025–26, after a 197th-place ranking (46th percentile) in 2023–24. Context figures include a 66% free/reduced-lunch rate, an 11.2 student-teacher ratio, and chronic absenteeism of 21%, compared with 18% statewide. Since the list contains only one school, these figures cannot show how it compares with other local schools.
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