North Palos School District 117

North Palos School District 117 has five listed schools—four elementary schools and one middle school—serving students from PK through grade 8. Three schools report test results for 2025–2026; the two schools serving PK–1 have no scores listed. In all-grades results, ELA proficiency was 89% at H H Conrady Junior High School, 84% at Glen Oaks Elementary School, and 78% at Oak Ridge Elementary School; math results were 75%, 74%, and 72%, respectively, with Glen Oaks narrowly ahead. The central finding is that all three schools with scores are above state proficiency: by 21 to 33 percentage points in ELA and 32 to 35 points in math.

The schools stand out in different subjects: Conrady leads in all-grades ELA, while Glen Oaks leads in all-grades math and has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate, 7% compared with 8% at Conrady and 19% at Dr Kenneth M Sorrick School. For a closer elementary comparison, Glen Oaks exceeded Oak Ridge in all six grade-matched ELA and math results for grades 3–5: its advantage was 2–9 points in ELA and 3–5 points in math. Oak Ridge had the lowest all-grades results among the three schools reporting tests, at 78% in ELA and 72% in math. For grade 5 science, Glen Oaks was 1 point ahead of Oak Ridge.

Recent score changes vary by subject and school. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the average ELA lead over the state narrowed from about 32 to 27 points, while the math lead narrowed from 35 to 34 points. Grade 5 science improved at both elementary schools: Oak Ridge rose 11 points and Glen Oaks 11 points, compared with a 7-point state increase. SchoolDigger’s latest percentile rankings are 95th for Conrady, 92nd for Glen Oaks, and 88th for Oak Ridge; Glen Oaks held its percentile from the prior year, while the other two declined. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 60% at Glen Oaks and 66% at Oak Ridge; their student-teacher ratios were 12.7 and 13.8, respectively. These measures describe school context, not the cause of score differences.