Franklin Park School District 84

Franklin Park School District 84 has four schools: three elementary schools serving PK–5 and one junior high serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, all three elementary schools were above the state results in All Grades ELA and math: their results ranged from 65% to 82% in ELA and 52% to 62% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. Hester Junior High School had a different profile, with ELA 15 points above the state and math 4 points below. The clearest elementary standout is Passow Elementary School, which led in both subjects.

Passow Elementary School scored 82% in ELA and 62% in math, ahead of the next-highest elementary result by 12 points in ELA and 4 points in math. North Elementary School had the lowest elementary All Grades ELA result at 65%, while Dan H Pietrini Elementary School had the lowest math result at 52%. Results can also vary considerably by grade: third-grade ELA spans 40 points among the elementary schools, and fourth-grade math spans 24 points. In fifth-grade science, North led with 65%, followed by Pietrini at 61% and Passow at 55%; each was above the state result of 48%. Hester’s grade-level results add nuance: its eighth-grade math was 7 points above the state result, even though its All Grades math was below state.

Pietrini had the largest two-year gains, rising 18 points in ELA and 14 in math. Passow’s ELA increased 3 points while its math fell 2; North’s ELA was nearly unchanged and its math rose 4. Fifth-grade science improved at all three elementary schools, with gains of 13 points at Passow, 20 at Pietrini and 24 at North. SchoolDigger gives the three elementary schools four stars and Hester three; its latest statewide percentiles are 83 for Passow, 71 for Pietrini, 72 for North and 56 for Hester. For 2024–2025, the reported “Free/reduced lunch eligible” figures were 65% at Passow, 68% at Pietrini and 57% at North; student–teacher ratios were 10.9, 11.1 and 10.9, respectively. These are useful context, not explanations for school results.