Summary:
Midway 128 has two small schools serving PK–12: Midway Elementary School serves PK–8, and Midway High School serves grades 9–12. In 2025–2026, the elementary school’s all-grades reading proficiency was 65–73%, above the state’s 57%, while the high school’s math and reading ranges were both below their state figures. The clearest current contrast is stronger elementary reading and weaker high-school math and reading, though the schools serve different grades.
Midway Elementary stands out for reading and science: its reading range was 8–16 percentage points above the state, and its science range of 40–59% was 1–20 points above the state’s 39%. Its math range, 50–58%, straddled the state’s 54%. At the other end, Midway High was 5–34 points below the state in math and 8–37 points below in reading. The elementary school’s math range was at least 1 point above the high school’s, and its reading range was 16–53 points above; the elementary school’s science result was above the high school’s “under 40%,” but the exact gap is unknown. SchoolDigger ranked the elementary school 65th of 216, at the 70th percentile with four stars, and the high school 114th of 129, at the 12th percentile with one star.
Elementary proficiency rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects as reported: math went from 44% to 50–58%, reading from 49% to 65–73%, and science from 30% to 40–59%. High-school results have less certain year-to-year direction because the latest figures are broad ranges. SchoolDigger’s high-school percentile ranking declined from 40th in 2023–2024 to 12th in 2025–2026, while the elementary school’s ranking fluctuated in a higher band, ending at the 70th percentile. The high school is smaller, with 54 students and a 7.2 student-teacher ratio, compared with 141 students and 8.7 at the elementary school; in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligibility was 30% and 28%, respectively. These characteristics describe the schools but do not explain score differences; because they serve different grade spans and some latest results are ranges, all-grades comparisons have limits.
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