Winnetka School District 36

Winnetka School District 36 has five schools: three elementary schools serving kindergarten through fourth grade and two middle schools serving grades five–six or seven–eight, with 350–376 students per school. In 2025–2026, the five-school average was 87% proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) and 85% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. The schools’ average advantage over the state was 31 points in ELA and 46 points in math, making math the area’s clearest collective strength.

Greeley Elementary School led all-grades math at 95%, 12 points above the next-highest result at Hubbard Woods Elementary School (89%). The Skokie School led ELA at 90%, 3 points ahead of Carleton W Washburne School. At the lower end, Crow Island Elementary School had the lowest all-grades ELA result, 86%, while Skokie had the lowest math result, 79%; the gaps from the leaders were 5 points in ELA and 16 in math. Among elementary schools, Hubbard Woods led third-grade ELA and math, while Greeley led fourth-grade math. SchoolDigger ranked Greeley 17th of 1,737 schools, in the 99th percentile.

Average proficiency rose about 3 points in each subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but the relative trend differed: the average school–state gap narrowed slightly in ELA and widened by 2 points in math. School results also moved in different directions: Greeley’s math rose 8 points and Skokie’s rose 6, while Crow Island’s math fell 2 points; Carleton’s ELA rose 7 points, while ELA dipped by about 1 point at Greeley and Hubbard Woods. Ratios ranged from 8.9 students per teacher at Carleton and Skokie to 12.8 at Greeley, so lower ratios did not consistently coincide with higher scores. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure was from 2021–2022 and ranged from 0.8% to 1.1%. SchoolDigger gives the district rank 14 of 738, in the 98th percentile, with five stars; because schools serve different grades, all-grades results are not grade-for-grade comparisons.