Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 60088 include two elementary schools in North Chicago School District 187: LEARN Charter School 6 North Chicago Campus, serving kindergarten through grade 8, and Forrestal Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 3. In the shared third grade, LEARN scored 33% in English language arts (ELA) and 29% in math, while Forrestal scored 25% and 23%; the state scores were 48% and 49%. The most important takeaway is that LEARN leads its local peer, but both schools’ shared-grade results remain well below state levels.
LEARN has the higher reported all-grades results: 52% in ELA and 36% in math, compared with Forrestal at 25% and 23%—gaps of 27 and 13 percentage points. Because the schools serve different grade spans, third grade is the fairest direct comparison: LEARN’s leads there are 8 points in ELA and 6 in math. Still, LEARN’s third-grade scores were 15 points below the state in ELA and 20 below in math; Forrestal was 23 and 27 points below. LEARN’s strongest results are in grades 6–8, where its ELA and math scores exceeded state figures, while its grades 3–5 scores fell short. Its eighth-grade science score was 5 points above the state, but its fifth-grade score was 17 points below.
Recent results have generally weakened or failed to keep pace with the state. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, LEARN’s all-grades ELA score fell from 56% to 52% and math from 39% to 36%; Forrestal’s ELA rose from 24% to 25%, while its math declined from 24% to 23%. SchoolDigger placed LEARN at the 26th percentile in 2025–2026, down from the 55th percentile the prior year; it gives the shared district 1 star and ranks it 634th of 738. Chronic absenteeism was 15% at LEARN and 38% at Forrestal, compared with 24% statewide. For 2024–2025, LEARN reported 61% free/reduced lunch eligible, while Forrestal reported all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility); these are different measures. Student-teacher ratios were 13.2 at LEARN and 11.3 at Forrestal.
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