Summary:
Melrose Park, Illinois, has six listed schools—four elementary and two middle schools—covering tested grades 3 through 8, with the schools spread across three districts. In 2025–2026, the six schools’ average all-grades results were 42% in ELA and 25% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. The clearest overall standout is Jane Addams Elementary School, especially in math, where it was the only listed school above the state result.
Jane Addams led the schools in both ELA, at 52%, and math, at 45%; its math result was 5 points above the state and 22 points above the next-highest school, Scott Elementary School, at 23%. In ELA, Jane Addams was 4 points below the state. At the lower end, Melrose Park Elementary School had the lowest ELA result, 32%, while Melrose Park and Grant Elementary School were close, at 32% and 33%. Melrose Park was 24 points below the state in ELA. Stevenson Middle School had the lowest math result, 18%, 22 points below the state. The middle schools split their leads: Stevenson led ELA, while Mannheim Middle School led math.
Overall results moved down while state results rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the six-school averages fell by 1 point in ELA and 2 in math, and the average gaps to the state widened from 10 to 14 points in ELA and from 12 to 14 in math. Individual trends differ: Mannheim improved by 6 points in ELA and 2 in math, while Grant improved by 4 in math. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings also show different standings: Jane Addams was at the 45th percentile and Melrose Park at the 10th. As context, reported 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 46% at Jane Addams and 66% at Scott; Grant reports all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility), not a percentage. These are observations, not explanations for test results; because schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades scores are not fully like-for-like.
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