Summary:
Gayville-Volin School District 63-1 serves 281 students across three schools, from prekindergarten through grade 12: Gayville-Volin Elementary (PK–5), Gayville-Volin Middle (grades 6–8) and Gayville-Volin High (grades 9–12). The clearest academic pattern is a split by subject: middle-school English language arts (ELA) is a bright spot, while math results are below the state comparison at all three schools.
Gayville-Volin Middle stands out in ELA: 55% of students were proficient, compared with 49% statewide, a 5-point advantage; grades 6 and 7 were 9 and 11 points above their state comparisons. Gayville-Volin Elementary had the lowest all-grades ELA result, at 32% versus 49% statewide, and a 23-point math shortfall. The sharpest grade-level math gaps were in elementary grade 5 (9% proficient versus 43% statewide, 34 points lower) and middle grade 8 (19% versus 43%, 24 points lower). Gayville-Volin High was below the state in all three grade 11 ACT subjects, though graduation was 91% versus 88% statewide and its dropout rate was 0% versus 2%. SchoolDigger ranks Middle 96th of 151 (two stars), High 109th of 130 (one star) and Elementary 185th of 203 (zero stars).
Recent results show ELA moving closer to the state overall, but math remains a concern: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, elementary ELA rose 3 points and middle ELA rose 20, while elementary math fell 12 points and middle math rose 5. The average state-relative gap for the two schools narrowed from 19 points below to 6 points below in ELA, but widened from 16 to 20 points below in math. Ratios were similar in Elementary and Middle—13.2 and 13.5 students per teacher—while High’s was 15.3. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 were 32% at Elementary, 34% at Middle and 19% at High; these are context, not explanations for performance. Results across schools are not fully like-for-like because grade spans and, for High, the assessment differ.
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