Summary:
Park Ridge CCSD 64 has seven schools: five elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 5 and two middle schools serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the schools averaged 82% proficiency in all-grades ELA and 71% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. The most important finding is that every school was above the state in both subjects, though school-to-school results varied more in math: a 17-point spread, compared with 10 points in ELA.
George B. Carpenter Elementary School led all seven schools in ELA, at 89%, and math, at 78%; its notable exception was fifth-grade science, where its 64% was the lowest among elementary schools. Franklin Elementary School led fifth-grade science at 87% and also led elementary schools in fifth-grade ELA (87%) and math (77%). George Washington Elementary School ranked second in all-grades ELA and math, at 84% and 76%. At the lower end, Lincoln Middle School and Eugene Field Elementary School had the lowest all-grades ELA, both 78%; Lincoln had the lowest math at 62%. Among the middle schools, Lincoln led eighth-grade science at 80%, while Emerson Middle School led seventh-grade ELA and math.
Over two years, average ELA rose 3 points to 82%, roughly matching the state’s 3-point increase; average math fell 2 points to 71% while the state rose 1 point. Fifth-grade science improved at every elementary school: the average climbed 15 points to 78%, compared with a 7-point state increase. SchoolDigger rates the district in the 93rd percentile with five stars; its school percentiles range from 88th to 96th. As context, all schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for school year 2021–2022, ranging from 2% at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School to 6% at Emerson; Franklin’s student-teacher ratio is 12.9, the highest reported among the elementary schools. These figures do not show a consistent pattern linking enrollment, ratios, or the low-income measure with results.
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