Summary:
Dolton, Illinois, has eight listed schools serving elementary, middle and high school students: five elementary schools, two junior highs and one high school, with 2,609 students in all. In 2025–2026, the elementary schools averaged 29% proficiency in ELA and 15% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. The middle schools’ ELA results differed sharply, from 27% at Lincoln Junior High School to 53% at Roosevelt Junior High School. Most striking for families comparing schools, Roosevelt Junior High’s ELA result is 26 points higher than Lincoln Junior High’s.
Roosevelt Elementary School had the strongest all-grades elementary ELA result, at 33%; Franklin Elementary School was lowest, at 26%, an 8-point difference. In math, Lincoln Elementary School led at 17%, while Roosevelt was lowest at 13%. Roosevelt Junior High was also much closer to the state ELA result of 56% than Lincoln Junior High: it was 4 points below, while Lincoln was 30 points below. At Thornridge High School, grade 11 ACT proficiency was 19% in ELA, 12% in math and 21% in science, all below state results of 50%, 40% and 48%.
Elementary averages improved from 24% to 29% in ELA and from 11% to 15% in math between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026; Diekman Elementary School was an exception, with declines in both subjects. Roosevelt Junior High’s ELA rose from 30% to 53%, while Lincoln Junior High’s edged up from 26% to 27%. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also vary: in 2025–2026, Roosevelt Junior High was at the 24th percentile and Lincoln Junior High at the 1st. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.3 at Franklin and Roosevelt Elementary to 19.0 at Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 86% at Thornridge, 96% at Franklin and 98% at Diekman; several other schools report that all students receive free meals through Community Eligibility, a different measure.
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