Griggsville-perry Middle School, Perry IL

Original Research by School Decision on Griggsville-perry Middle School

Griggsville-Perry Middle School serves grades five through eight in Perry, a very small rural village in Pike County in west-central Illinois. The school enrolls a small student body, with a student population that is predominantly white, in a region characterized by farmland and agricultural economy. The school sits within Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4, which also operates the high school, located a few miles away in the neighboring city of Griggsville.

The most recent state assessment results show a mixed picture across the tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, the school performs strongest in the upper grades: eighth grade students reach proficiency at a solid rate, and seventh graders post strong results as well. Sixth grade English language arts proficiency is also respectable. Math performance is less consistent. Fifth grade math proficiency is moderate, and sixth grade dips lower. Seventh grade math shows the weakest attainment among the grade band, a concerning area where a parent may want to look into further with the school to understand what support is in place. Eighth grade math rebounds to a higher proficiency level. Science results, available for fifth and eighth grades, show proficiency levels that are below what the school demonstrates in English language arts. All students participated in state testing across the tested grades.

When compared to the other school districts in Pike County, Griggsville-Perry Middle School's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among its county peers, a strength that reflects reasonably solid performance in the context of the region, though proficiency is not uniformly high across all grades and subjects.

State assessment data for grades three and four are not available, which reflects the fact that those grades are not part of this school's enrollment. The school does not serve high school, so no graduation rate is reported. Information on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and specific special education or English learner enrollment was not provided in available data.

The district recently completed a substantial new agriculture facility at the high school, featuring welding booths and a greenhouse, which expands career and technical education pathways for students in the region. For families considering Griggsville-Perry, the school represents a small-town middle grades experience in a rural, agricultural community, with academic performance that ranks competitively within its county context, though with some grade-level and subject-level variation that merits conversation with school staff about instructional support and student needs.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 27 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Science

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 40%

even with state median

This schoolGriggsville-Perry CUSD 4, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income64%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income27%Higher-income50%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income43%43 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income20%Higher-income29%9 pp gap