Schools in Zip Code 60060

Schools in zip code 60060 include 10 schools—six elementary, three middle and one high school—serving students from pre-K through grade 12. Results vary considerably by school and grade span: middle-school averages were above the state in ELA and science but below it in math, while grades 3–5 averages were slightly above the state in all three subjects. Three schools serving only pre-K through grade 2 have no test results in the data. The most important takeaway is that a child’s school and grade span matter: middle-school math averages were 5 points below the state, and West Oak Middle was 20 points below.

Fremont Junior High/Middle School stands out among middle schools, with 78% proficient in ELA, 50% in math and 78% in eighth-grade science in 2025–2026—22, 10 and 26 points above the state, respectively. Fremont Intermediate School led grades 3–5 with 73% in ELA, 59% in math and 59% in fifth-grade science, exceeding state results by 16, 19 and 11 points. At the lower end, West Oak Middle School had 20% proficiency in math and 39% in eighth-grade science, 20 and 13 points below the state. West Oak Intermediate School was 12 points below the state in math. The only high school, Mundelein Cons High School, was above the state in all three 11th-grade ACT subjects.

Recent changes are mixed rather than uniformly positive: middle-school ELA averages rose from 54% to 65% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while middle-school math remained below the state. West Oak Intermediate School gained 11 points in ELA and 10 in science but fell 3 points in math; West Oak Middle School gained 19 points in ELA while science fell 4 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also show declines from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026: Fremont Junior High/Middle School moved from the 87th to the 80th percentile, and Carl Sandburg Middle School from the 61st to the 42nd. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 42% at Mechanics Grove Elementary School and 60% at West Oak Intermediate School; these figures describe the schools and do not explain their results.