Summary:
The high-school list for ZIP code 60046 includes one school, Lakes Community High School, serving grades 9–12 with 1,334 students in Chsd 117. Since it is the only school listed, families cannot compare it with another high school in the ZIP code. The clearest finding is that Lakes’ proficiency rate was higher than Illinois’s in all nine reported subject, exam, and grade comparisons in 2025–26, averaging 13 percentage points above the state.
Lakes’ strongest state-relative result was grade 10 PreACT Secure Science: 66% proficient, compared with 48% statewide, a 17-point advantage. Its smallest advantage was in grade 9 PreACT Secure Science, where 55% were proficient versus 47% statewide, an 8-point gap. These are the high and low points among Lakes’ reported comparisons, not a local school ranking; the school’s advantage varied by subject and grade, while remaining positive in every comparison.
Scores show a recent downward trend even as Lakes stayed ahead of the state: proficiency fell year over year in eight of nine matched tests, and its average across the nine tests declined from 64% to 60%. Its average lead over the state narrowed from 16 to 13 percentage points. Other indicators are favorable: the 2025–26 graduation rate was 97%, 7 points above the state, and chronic absenteeism was lower than both the district’s and state’s rates. SchoolDigger ranked Lakes 89th of 620 schools, in the 86th percentile with four stars in 2025–26, down from the 91st percentile and five stars the prior year. The student-teacher ratio was 15.6 in 2024–25; 12% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2021–22.
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