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Western Springs School District 101

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At a glance

28^thof 738 Illinois districts▲ 23

Better than 96% of Illinois districts

Elementary 3 Middle 1Grades PK, KG-8

4225 Wolf Rd
Western Springs, IL 60558-1453·(708) 246-3700·All Illinois district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 96.2% of districts

Schools

1,416

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedField Park Elementary School52^nd of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Biggest riser

John Laidlaw Elementary School up 241 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Western Springs School District 101 has four listed schools and 1,416 students: three elementary schools with reported test results for grades 3–5, and McClure Junior High School, serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the elementary schools averaged 86% in ELA and 74% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. All four schools are above state results in their reported subjects, but elementary math varies much more from school to school than ELA: a 15-point range in math versus 4 points in ELA. The biggest takeaway is strong results across the district, with more variation among elementary schools in math.

Field Park Elementary School leads elementary all-grades math at 82% and fifth-grade science at 85%; Forest Hills Elementary School leads all-grades ELA at 88% and fifth-grade ELA at 92%. Forest Hills also has the lowest fifth-grade math result, 52%, while Field Park’s is 78%. John Laidlaw Elementary School leads third-grade ELA and math, at 86% in each, though it has the lowest elementary all-grades ELA result, 84%. McClure scores 92% in ELA, 74% in math, and 78% in eighth-grade science—35, 34, and 26 points above state results, respectively. SchoolDigger ranks Field Park 52nd of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools, Laidlaw 104th, Forest Hills 135th, and McClure 41st of 1,126 middle schools.

Recent changes give families another way to compare schools: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Laidlaw gained 14 points in ELA and 9 in math, while Forest Hills slipped 1 point in ELA and 9 in math. Field Park gained 3 points in ELA and lost 2 in math; McClure gained 2 in ELA and 4 in math. Fifth-grade science rose 28 points at Laidlaw and 32 at Forest Hills, while Field Park remained the latest-year leader despite a 10-point decline. Elementary student–teacher ratios in 2024–2025 were 11.7 at Field Park and 12.2 at both Laidlaw and Forest Hills. McClure also had the group’s highest chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, at 10%, compared with 5% at Laidlaw, 4% at Forest Hills, and 2% at Field Park.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2021-22)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Field Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	4335 Howard Ave	Western Springs	60558	Cook County	Western Springs School District 101	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 246-7675	278	24	11.7	1.1%	248 (89.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.3%)	94.6	52^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	97.0%		96.2	38^th of 2056 public elementary schools	98.2%	14	84.8		80.5	91.2	84.8				86.1	78.0	87.7	78.3				81.9	98.6%		$17,822	$57	$17,765
Forest Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5020 Central Ave	Western Springs	60558	Cook County	Western Springs School District 101	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 246-7678	289	24	12.2	1.0%	256 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.7%)	89.5	135^th of 1737 public elementary schools	92.2%		91.8	137^th of 2056 public elementary schools	93.3%	2	82.0		85.0	86.3	92.0				87.9	77.5	72.5	52.0				66.7	100%		$18,134	$16	$18,119
John Laidlaw Elementary School	Public	K-5	4072 Forest Ave	Western Springs	60558	Cook County	Western Springs School District 101	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 246-7673	380	31	12.2	0.7%	324 (85.3%)	3 (0.8%)	12 (3.2%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.5%)	91.1	104^th of 1737 public elementary schools	94.0%		82	345^th of 2056 public elementary schools	83.2%	241	76.0		86.0	85.9	80.0				83.7	86.0	68.8	66.7				73.0	97.6%		$16,907	$16	$16,892
McClure Junior High School	Public	6-8	4225 Wolf Rd	Western Springs	60558	Cook County	Western Springs School District 101	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 246-7590	469	40	11.8	0.8%	409 (87.2%)	4 (0.9%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.2%)	94	41^st of 1126 public middle schools	96.4%		95.5	44^th of 1368 public middle schools	96.8%	3		77.9				91.9	89.2	94.0	91.6				63.1	79.6	78.8	73.8	99.2%		$15,923	$16	$15,908

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lagrange Area Dept Special Educational-Ladse	0.41 mi	9
Lyons Township HSD 204	0.75 mi	1	33^rd
La Grange School District 102	0.95 mi	6	143^rd
Hinsdale CCSD 181	1.49 mi	9	7^th
La Grange School District 105 South	1.53 mi	5	119^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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