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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Peoria County, Illinois

15 public middle schools in Peoria County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Reservoir Gifted School leads the list at 98.0%, against a median of 54.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Peoria County, Illinois

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

54.5%

BEST IN READING · PEORIA COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	308	98.0%	no change
2	Dunlap Middle School	Dunlap, IL	Dunlap CUSD 323	Middle	541	80.2%	▲ 1
3	Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap, IL	Dunlap CUSD 323	Middle	546	79.5%	▼ 1
4	Chillicothe Jr High	Chillicothe, IL	Il Valley Central USD 321	Middle	229	72.8%	no change
5	Farmington Central Jr High School	Farmington, IL	Farmington Central CUSD 265	Middle	253	68.2%	▲ 1
6	Illini Bluffs Middle School	Glasford, IL	Illini Bluffs CUSD 327	Middle	181	66.7%	▲ 3
7	Mossville Jr High	Mossville, IL	Il Valley Central USD 321	Middle	181	58.3%	no change
8	Elmwood Junior High School	Elmwood, IL	Elmwood CUSD 322	Middle	100	54.5%	▼ 3
9	Norwood Elementary School	Peoria, IL	Norwood ESD 63	Middle	150	51.8%	▼ 1
10	Pleasant Valley Intermediate School	Peoria, IL	Pleasant Valley SD 62	Middle	166	42.9%	no change
11	Liberty Leadership Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	350	37.5%	no change
12	Mark W Bills Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	258	32.2%	no change
13	Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	266	25.7%	no change
14	Harold B Dawson Middle School	West Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	331	21.1%	no change
15	Sterling Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	374	15.6%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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