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Berkeley School District 87

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At a glance

708^thof 738 Illinois districts▲ 23

Better than 4% of Illinois districts

Elementary 4 Middle 2Grades PK, KG-8

1200 N Wolf Rd
Berkeley, IL 60163-1219·(708) 449-3350·All Illinois district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 4.1% of districts

Schools

2,147

Students

Top rankedJ W Riley Intermediate School1297^th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Sunnyside Intermediate School up 90 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

J W Riley Intermediate School 9.9 students per teacher

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Summary:

The six schools in Berkeley School District 87 serve students from pre-K through eighth grade and enroll 2,147 students. The district has two primary schools, two intermediate schools and two middle schools; test results are available for four schools, but not the primary schools. In 2025–2026, the tested schools averaged 38% in all-grades IAR English language arts (ELA), compared with 56% statewide, and 26% in math, compared with 40% statewide—a gap of 18 and 13 percentage points, respectively. The most important takeaway is that all four schools with results were below state averages in both subjects.

J W Riley Intermediate School stood out overall, leading in ELA at 43% and math at 35%; those results were 5 and 8 points above the four-school averages. At the other end, Sunnyside Intermediate School had the lowest all-grades ELA result, 34%, while MacArthur Middle School had the lowest math result, 22%. Among the middle schools, Northlake Middle School led in seventh- and eighth-grade ELA: 45% versus 32% at MacArthur in grade 7, and 43% versus 31% in grade 8. MacArthur was ahead in seventh-grade math, 31% to Northlake’s 26%. Grade-level results also show exceptions: Riley’s third-grade ELA and math were each above the state result by about 1 and 4 points.

Scores improved at all four tested schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. The group’s average rose 5 points in ELA and 2 in math, narrowing its gap to the state by 2 and 1 points; math gains were especially small at Northlake and Riley, at 1 point each. Yet SchoolDigger’s statewide percentiles fell from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at Northlake (21st to 14th), MacArthur (26th to 10th), Sunnyside (16th to 11th) and Riley (31st to 25th). SchoolDigger rates the district 0 stars and in the 4th percentile. Riley also had the lowest student–teacher ratio among the tested schools, 9.9, and the highest reported free/reduced lunch eligible share in school year 2024–2025, 85%; these are contextual observations, not explanations for its results.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
MacArthur Middle School	Public	6-8	1310 N Wolf Rd	Berkeley	60163	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3185	357	29	12.3	75.9%	9 (2.5%)	152 (42.6%)	189 (52.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	12.6	1011^th of 1126 public middle schools	10.2%		24.3	1024^th of 1368 public middle schools	25.1%	13		28.4				39.7	32.2	31.2	34.5				24.2	31.3	10.1	22.1	98.8%		$24,140	$1,003	$23,137
J W Riley Intermediate School	Public	3-5	123 S Wolf Rd	Northlake	60164	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3180	320	32	9.9	84.7%	14 (4.4%)	3 (0.9%)	296 (92.5%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	23.7	1297^th of 1737 public elementary schools	25.3%		31.9	1386^th of 2056 public elementary schools	32.6%	89	26.2		49.1	39.6	38.5				42.6	53.5	30.2	18.3				34.6	99.7%		$23,489	$1,263	$22,226
Northlake Middle School	Public	6-8	202 S Lakewood Ave	Northlake	60164	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3195	378	31	12.3	84.4%	11 (2.9%)	4 (1.1%)	355 (93.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	15.7	969^th of 1126 public middle schools	13.9%		30.2	933^rd of 1368 public middle schools	31.8%	36		29.7				36.4	44.7	43.2	41.7				24.2	25.7	19.7	23.1	100%		$24,347	$1,298	$23,049
Sunnyside Intermediate School	Public	3-5	5412 Saint Charles Rd	Berkeley	60163	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3170	344	33	10.5	79.7%	14 (4.1%)	133 (38.7%)	189 (54.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	12.8	1544^th of 1737 public elementary schools	11.1%		21.3	1634^th of 2056 public elementary schools	20.5%	90	23.7		29.1	44.0	27.4				33.5	26.4	34.5	16.2				25.7	99.1%		$23,291	$1,217	$22,074
Jefferson Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	225 46th Ave	Bellwood	60104	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3165	380	33	11.5	75.3%	12 (3.2%)	143 (37.6%)	210 (55.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)								(n/a)																	97%		$23,938	$1,145	$22,793
Whittier Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	338 Whitehall Ave	Northlake	60164	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3175	368	30	12.2	79.1%	19 (5.2%)	5 (1.4%)	343 (93.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	98.4%		$26,134	$1,302	$24,833

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Region 06 West Cook ISC 2	0.69 mi	8
Elmhurst School District 205	1.18 mi	13	63^rd
Hillside School District 93	1.38 mi	1	598^th
Bellwood School District 88	1.56 mi	7	701^st
Proviso Township HSD 209	1.59 mi	3	601^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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