Schiller Park School District 81

The three schools in Schiller Park School District 81 serve preschool through grade 8. In the 2025–2026 results, English language arts (ELA) was generally a strength: results were above the state in five of the six reported grades, with 7th grade at Lincoln Middle School the exception. The clearest overall finding is that ELA results were broadly strong, while math results were much less consistent across grades.

Washington Elementary School had the highest supplied all-grades ELA result, 67%, compared with 61% at Lincoln and 51% at John F Kennedy Elementary School. In grade-matched ELA comparisons, Washington was 11 points above the state in 4th grade and 13 points above in 5th; Lincoln’s 7th graders were 5 points below. Math tells a different story: JFK led the supplied all-grades figures at 57%, while Washington was lowest at 33%, a 24-point spread. JFK’s 3rd graders were 8 points above the state in math, but Washington’s 4th graders were 11 points below; Lincoln was 2 points above in 6th grade. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades figures are not direct like-for-like comparisons.

ELA improved at all three schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: by 3 points at JFK, 6 at Lincoln, and 6 at Washington. Math rose by 5 points at JFK and 4 at Lincoln, but fell by 8 at Washington. SchoolDigger ranks the district 446th of 738, at the 40th percentile with 2 stars; its school percentiles also fell, from 63 to 50 at Lincoln and from 58 to 47 at Washington. The schools’ student-teacher ratios range from 10 to 14. Their reported low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, ranges from 68% at JFK to 72% at Washington; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results.