Summary:
ZIP code 60012 has one high school, Prairie Ridge High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,133 students. Its 2025–2026 results include ACT scores for grade 11 and PreACT Secure scores for grades 9 and 10. The clearest takeaway is that Prairie Ridge scored above the state in all nine tested grade-and-subject comparisons, by 8 to 22 percentage points.
Prairie Ridge is both the area’s highest- and lowest-ranked school by default; with only one school listed, there is no meaningful local peer comparison. Its strongest state-relative results were in ELA: its average advantage was 18 points, compared with 15 points in science and 12 in mathematics. Its smallest individual advantage was 8 points in grade 10 mathematics. Other reported outcomes were also favorable: graduation was 98%, versus 90% statewide and 97% in Chsd 155; chronic absenteeism was 11%, compared with 24% statewide and 14% districtwide.
Scores remain above state results, but the overall lead narrowed: Prairie Ridge’s average across the nine test comparisons fell by 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and its average advantage over the state decreased by 2 points. Scores declined in seven comparisons, while grade 9 mathematics rose by 7 points and grade 9 science by 2 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 79th of 620 (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, down from 63rd of 698 (91st percentile, 5 stars) the prior year. As context, 22% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.3 that year.
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