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

15 public middle schools in Winnebago 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. Thurgood Marshall School leads the list at 98.4%, against a median of 43.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Winnebago County, Illinois

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

43.8%

BEST IN READING · WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	514	98.4%
2	Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit, IL	Prairie Hill CCSD 133	Middle	348	86.8%
3	Stephen Mack Middle School	Rockton, IL	Rockton SD 140	Middle	552	77.2%
4	Roscoe Middle School	Roscoe, IL	Kinnikinnick CCSD 131	Middle	596	69.9%
5	Pecatonica Comm Middle School	Pecatonica, IL	Pecatonica CUSD 321	Middle	269	51.3%
6	Winnebago Middle School	Winnebago, IL	Winnebago CUSD 323	Middle	296	49.1%
7	Harlem Middle School	Loves Park, IL	Harlem UD 122	Middle	1,330	44.2%
8	South Beloit Jr High School	South Beloit, IL	County of Winnebago SD 320	Middle	118	43.8%
9	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	963	34.9%
10	Bernard W Flinn Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	807	29.4%
11	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	736	27.4%
12	West Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	793	22.2%
13	Blackhawk Elementary School	South Beloit, IL	County of Winnebago SD 320	Middle	139	21.5%
14	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	1,108	14.2%
15	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	393	10.6%

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