Summary:
ZIP code 60008 has six schools—three elementary, two middle and one high school—serving students from elementary through high school, with academic results varying widely by school and subject. Elementary-school averages were above state results in all-grades ELA and math, and middle-school ELA was also above state; middle-school math averaged almost exactly at the state level. But those averages hide large school-to-school differences: all-grades math ranged from 30% to 66% among elementary schools and from 22% to 58% among middle schools. The most important finding for families is that performance depends substantially on which school and subject you consider.
Central Road Elementary School led elementary schools in 2025–2026 all-grades ELA and math, with 79% and 66% proficient—23 and 27 percentage points above state results—and scored 80% in fifth-grade science, 32 points above state. Plum Grove Middle School led the middle schools, with 77% in ELA and 58% in math, 21 and 18 points above state. At the other end, Carl Sandburg Middle School had 22% proficiency in all-grades math, 18 points below state and 36 points below Plum Grove. Rolling Meadows High School was above state in every reported 2025–2026 ACT and PreACT subject, though it is the only high school in this group.
Recent changes are mixed: elementary all-grades ELA rose at all three schools, with the group average gaining 8 points compared with a 3-point state increase. Middle-school math improved at both schools, while eighth-grade science fell at both even as the state result rose. Rolling Meadows’ 11th-grade ACT results declined in ELA and science, although they remained above state. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank rose 24 points at Central Road between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, but fell 36 points at Sandburg; those rankings are a separate measure from test scores. Income measures are context, not explanations: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 12% at Central Road and 50% at Willow Bend. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 34% at Rolling Meadows and 25% at Sandburg, compared with 24% statewide.
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