Best High Schools in Zip Code 60035

Zip code 60035 has one high school, Highland Park High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,661 students. In 2025–26, its average proficiency across grades 9–11 was 78% in English language arts, 67% in math and 71% in science, compared with state averages of 55%, 39% and 48%. The school exceeded state results in all nine subject-and-grade comparisons, but was below Township HSD 113 in all nine; the most important takeaway is that strong results relative to the state do not mean the school leads its district.

Highland Park is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this list simply because it is the only one; the list’s school-to-school performance range is 0 points by definition, which says nothing about other area schools. Its clearest advantage over the state is math: the school’s average gap was 27 points, compared with 23 points in science and 23 points in English language arts. For example, grade 9 math proficiency was 72% at the school versus 42% statewide, a 29-point gap. These comparisons provide context, but cannot establish how the school compares with other nearby high schools.

Highland Park’s overall proficiency advantage over the state grew modestly: across the nine subject-and-grade results, its average rose from 71% in 2024–25 to 72% in 2025–26, while the average school–state gap increased from 23 to 24 points. Results did not all improve: grade 11 ACT math fell 2 points and science fell 4, while grade 10 English language arts rose 5. SchoolDigger ranked it 38th of 620 schools in 2025–26, compared with 40th of 698 the prior year and 45th of 697 in 2023–24; its listed percentile was 94 in all three years. SchoolDigger gives the district five stars and ranks it 25th of 738. Other outcomes are mixed against the district: graduation was 92% (3 points above the state, 3 below the district), and chronic absenteeism was 22% (2 points below the state, 2 above the district). The student–teacher ratio was 12.1 in 2024–25, and 19% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2021–22, an older figure offered only as context.