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Schools in Melvin

Melvin’s public schools

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Melvin. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 96% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2020–21
Math proficiency
26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.4K
▼ 15% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
975 students on the public path
In brief

Melvin’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Melvin’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. GCMS Middle School places highest (better than 77%); GCMS Elementary School lowest (60%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Melvin, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5GCMS Elementary Schoolin Gibson CityB
6–8GCMS Middle Schoolin Gibson CityA−
9–12GCMS High Schoolin Gibson CityB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 975 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 11.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,376IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 29.9% · 472 students tested
Math26%
State average 25.8% · 445 students tested

Melvin vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Melvin’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Melvin—Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5

Every school in Melvin

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Melvinin other towns
GCMS Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Gibson City
B
489 students11:1Rate it →
GCMS Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Gibson City
A−
211 students10:1Rate it →
GCMS High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Gibson City
B+
275 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Melvin’s schools

Are Melvin’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Melvin. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Melvin. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Melvin in?

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5.

Where do Melvin kids go to high school?

GCMS High School.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.