The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in English language arts. The lowest is 32% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Fisher Jr/sr High School
Fisher Junior/Senior High School is a small school serving grades seven through twelve in a rural Champaign County village. The school has an enrollment of under three hundred students distributed across six grades, with cohorts ranging from around forty to mid-fifty students per grade.
The school sits in Fisher, a compact bedroom community roughly fifteen miles north of Champaign. The village functions primarily as a commuter base; residents work in Champaign-Urbana or Bloomington-Normal while maintaining a quiet, family-oriented town life centered around community events like the annual Horse Show and Fair. Housing in the area is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, and the village is experiencing slow but steady population growth driven partly by new residential subdivisions and TIF-funded development projects.
On academics, state assessment data are thin. Illinois Assessment of Readiness results are available only for grades seven and eight. In seventh grade, the school shows proficiency above a midpoint in English language arts but substantially weaker performance in math. Eighth grade proficiency in English language arts is moderate; in math it falls to low levels. Science proficiency in eighth grade is in the low range. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it below the midpoint when compared to other schools within Champaign County. Testing participation has been strong. It is worth noting that the school does not report state assessment results for grades nine through twelve, which is typical because the state does not mandate standardized testing at the high school level in Illinois; a parent may want to ask the school directly about academic progress and coursework options for those grades.
Free-or-reduced-price lunch data and special education enrollment rates were not available. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial students. The school operates as a regular public school within Fisher CUSD 1. No recent district-level changes or initiatives of broad parent relevance could be confirmed from available sources.
The school's location in a small village means limited evening and weekend academic or enrichment activities compared to larger districts, though the consolidated junior and senior high configuration allows students to mix across a wider age range within one building. Families considering this school should expect a close-knit, small-town environment where academic support may depend heavily on direct communication with teachers and administrators. The lower math proficiency in the middle grades is a concrete signal that a parent should discuss curriculum, intervention systems, and support pathways with the school if math weakness is a concern in their household.
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