Pinckneyville Middle School will become a world-class school where every student acquires the knowledge and skills to be an active, compassionate, and successful life-long learner.

The mission of Pinckneyville Middle School is to provide, support, and pursue excellence in academic knowledge, skills, and behavior for each student through a challenging framework of international education resulting in measured improvement against local, state, national, and world-class standards.

1. Our core business is teaching and learning.
2. A quality education is the shared responsibility of the child, family, school, and community.
3. Learning occurs when faculty and students are engaged in a rigorous curriculum within a positive, safe, and orderly environment.
4. Learning is a life-long process involving intellectual, social, emotional and physical growth.
5. Learning connects to real-world applications.
6. Every student can learn the academic knowledge and skills and demonstrate the citizenship necessary to be successful.
7. High learning standards apply to every student.
8. Learning promotes intercultural understanding and respect.