The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Science. The lowest is 26% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Century Jr/sr High School
Century Jr/Sr High School is a small, combined middle and high school in Ullin, an economically declining rural village in southernmost Illinois. The school serves grades six through twelve with an enrollment skewed toward the high school grades. The student body is predominantly white, with small proportions of Black students and students of mixed race; the data did not include the free-or-reduced-price lunch rate or counts for special education or English learner populations, so a parent may want to look into those directly with the school.
The state assessment results available are uneven across grades and subjects. In the middle school grades, mathematics proficiency is weak. Grade six showed very low proficiency, while grade seven improved substantially to around half of students proficient. Grade eight dropped to roughly a quarter of students proficient. English language arts followed a similar pattern: grade six was low, grade seven rose to about half, and grade eight landed at around forty percent proficiency. Grade eight science was near half proficient. The school reports full or near-full participation in state testing, so these numbers reflect the student population being tested. Testing data for grades three through five are absent from the available records, which is consistent with the school's designation as a junior-senior high and the state's testing structure, where those younger grades may be served elsewhere or results may not be reported at the school level. The school's overall proficiency index placed it in the top quartile among the few districts in Pulaski County, though the county itself is small and comparison numbers are limited.
No graduation rate, chronic absenteeism rate, or program-level course offerings were reported in the available data. Without those figures, a parent cannot assess college and career readiness pathways, post-secondary outcomes, or the breadth of academic and elective options available to high school students. A parent should request that information directly from the school.
Ullin itself is a very small, residential rural place with a population in decline, situated in the Cache River watershed north of Cairo. The dominant local employer is Shawnee Community College, which sits on the same Shawnee College Road as the high school. The village's civic center, anchored by a restored historic depot serving as village hall and library, is physically separated from the schools. The area has no significant new housing development underway, and median housing values and rental costs were not available in the data received.
Century CUSD 100 itself had no recent major initiatives, policy changes, or building projects reported in available sources. The district's trajectory and strategic priorities were not documented, so a parent should initiate that conversation with administration to understand the school's direction and any upcoming changes.
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