Summary:
Prospect Heights, Illinois, has four schools serving 1,476 students from prekindergarten through grade 8: Dwight D. Eisenhower serves PK–1, Betsy Ross grades 2–3, Anne Sullivan grades 4–5, and MacArthur grades 6–8. In 2025–26, the three schools with reported test results were above Illinois proficiency rates in both English language arts (ELA) and math. Their average was 69% in ELA versus 56% statewide, and 61% in math versus 40% statewide—an advantage of 13 points in ELA and 22 in math.
MacArthur Middle School leads in all-grades ELA at 77%, followed by Anne Sullivan Elementary School at 72% and Betsy Ross Elementary School at 59%. In math, Betsy Ross is highest at 67%, ahead of MacArthur at 63% and Sullivan at 54%. The distance between the top and bottom results is 18 points in ELA and 13 in math; even the lowest results are above the state figures. Sullivan’s grade 5 science result is a concern: it fell 11 points to 55%, leaving it 7 points above the state. Because the schools serve different grades, and no test results are supplied for Eisenhower, these all-grades comparisons are broad snapshots rather than direct grade-matched comparisons.
Recent changes vary by school: MacArthur gained 3 points in ELA and 5 in math, while Betsy Ross fell 2 points in ELA and 6 in math; Sullivan gained 7 in ELA and was essentially unchanged in math. The group’s advantage over the state narrowed slightly in both subjects. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Sullivan declined from 83 in 2023–24 to 70 in 2025–26, while MacArthur’s was 87 in both of those years. Context measures do not follow a simple pattern with scores: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 37% at Sullivan to 42% at MacArthur. For 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 12.0%–12.4% at the three schools with test results, compared with 17% at Eisenhower and 24% statewide. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.1 at Sullivan to 16.0 at Eisenhower; Betsy Ross was 15.7.
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