Summary:
Maercker School District 60 has two elementary schools serving 975 students: Holmes Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 2, and Maercker Elementary School serves grades 3–5. Because test scores are supplied only for Maercker, the data cannot show which school performs better overall. The clearest academic strength in the available results is Maercker’s mathematics performance compared with Illinois.
In 2025–2026, Maercker’s all-grades math proficiency was 51%, versus 40% statewide, a 12-point advantage; its grade 5 math result was 51%, versus 36% statewide, a 15-point lead. Grade 5 science was also above the state: 54% compared with 48%, a 7-point difference. These results make Maercker the standout in the available state comparisons, although its math result was below the district’s 58%. ELA was more mixed: the all-grades result was nearly even with the state (56.1% versus 56.3%), while grade 3 was 3 points below the state and grades 4 and 5 were 3 and 10 points above it. There is no supported highest- or lowest-scoring school comparison between Holmes and Maercker.
Maercker’s advantages over Illinois have narrowed: its all-grades math score fell from 55% to 51%, and its lead shrank from 17 to 12 points; grade 5 science fell from 58% to 54%, while the state’s result rose, reducing Maercker’s lead from 18 to 7 points. Its all-grades ELA was essentially flat at 55.9% and 56.1% across the two years, as the state improved. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Maercker also declined from the 82nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 56th in 2025–2026, though it remains above the midpoint. The schools’ 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were similar—13.6 at Holmes and 13.5 at Maercker—as was the share eligible for free/reduced lunch: 49% and 50%, respectively.
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