RANKIN PRESS RELEASE: ISBE ISSUES RANKIN - EXEMPLARY SUMMATIVE DESIGNATION" – 4th Year in a Row! 5th time out fo the Last 6 Opportunities!

October 30, 2026

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📣‼️🎉 RANKIN PRESS RELEASE: ISBE ISSUES RANKIN - EXEMPLARY SUMMATIVE DESIGNATION" – 4th Year in a Row - 6th Time in the last 7 Opportunities! 🙌👍

10/30/26

Dear Rankin Community,

A "RANKIN REVEAL" took place today as our students, staff, and parents learned that Rankin received the highest summative designation rating of “Exemplary” on the 2025-2026 Illinois Report Card!  This is Rankin’s 4th year in a row of earning this designation, and the 6th time out of the last 7 opportunities! Please feel free to check out the video highlights of the reveal https://vimeo.com/1241462122 as it occurred with the lights off and the red spotlights on! Please feel free to use this link https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/School.aspx?schoolId=530900980022001 to access our “Exemplary Designation” and our entire 2025-2026 report card.

Today, it was very special to acknowledge and celebrate this major accomplishment and the rich tradition of academic success at Rankin!  At the REVEAL, we communicated that today was the result of what EVERYONE does EVERY DAY as a TEAM!  It was noted that this is not just about having a few good days; rather, it’s about EVERYONE, EVERY DAY working as a TEAM, giving their best, and making good choices! 

We will be holding an ice cream celebration for our students and staff at the end of the day on November 6th.   The TEAM at Rankin (students, staff, parents and families, Board of Education, and our community) is to be congratulated!  Without EVERYONE, EVERY DAY, the success we are experiencing would not be possible.  Rankin is very grateful for our awesome TEAM! GO REBELS!

Sincerely,

Dr. Matt Gordon, Superintendent