Midwest Central Middle School, Green Valley IL

Original Research by School Decision on Midwest Central Middle School

Midwest Central Middle School serves grades six through eight in Green Valley, a very small village in rural Tazewell County. The school sits on North Church Street near the village core, making it accessible to families who live in the immediate area.

The school has a small enrollment spread across its three grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, with very limited racial diversity. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so a reader cannot assess the proportion of economically disadvantaged students from the provided information.

State testing data for 2024-25 shows uneven performance across subjects and grades. In English language arts, sixth graders performed well above a typical midpoint in proficiency. Seventh and eighth graders each showed moderate proficiency rates. In mathematics, proficiency drops significantly. Sixth-grade math proficiency was low, seventh-grade improved to a moderate level, and eighth-grade fell back to a low rate. Eighth-grade science proficiency was at a moderate level. Test participation rates were very high across all reported grades and subjects, suggesting students sat for assessments. The data does not include trend information, so it is unclear whether performance is stable, improving, or declining year to year.

Against other districts in Tazewell County, this school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, meaning it performs better than the county median on the tests reported. A parent may want to look into whether this positioning reflects strength in the sixth-grade cohort, where performance is notably stronger, or whether gains have occurred in older grades.

No information was provided on special education services, English learner support, course offerings, staffing, attendance, or discipline. These are areas a parent may want to ask the school about directly.

Green Valley is a stable, slowly-shrinking rural community with modest commercial activity concentrated along Main Street. Housing values have risen in the county, and the local real estate market shows steady activity. The surrounding economy is agricultural, with larger employment centers in nearby Pekin and the Peoria region. Families in the area tend to own their homes. Midwest Central CUSD 191 also operates a primary school and high school in the nearby village of Manito, so elementary and high school students attend a separate campus outside Green Valley.

No significant district-level changes or initiatives were identified in publicly available sources, suggesting the district operates in a relatively steady state.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 27%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 10 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 49%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Science

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolMidwest Central CUSD 191, 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.