Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 60089 include 12 schools across four districts, serving children from early learning through high school: eight elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school. Eleven have reported test results; Willow Grove Early Learning Center does not. The clearest overall finding is that results vary widely between schools serving the same grade, especially in grade 5, where scores span 58 points in ELA and 57 points in math.
Several schools stand out at different grade levels. Prairie Elementary School leads grades 3 and 4 in both subjects, with 81% in grade 3 ELA and 86% in math. Twin Groves Middle School leads grades 6 and 7, including 87% in grade 7 ELA and 76% in math. In grade 5, Ivy Hall Elementary School leads ELA at 90%, while Meridian School leads math at 73%. At the lower end, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School has the lowest all-grades results: 41% in ELA and 36% in math. Its grade 5 results—32% in ELA and 16% in math—are far below the grade leaders. SchoolDigger ranks Prairie, Twin Groves, Ivy Hall and Meridian in the 96th, 94th, 93rd and 92nd percentiles statewide, respectively; Kilmer is at the 27th percentile.
Results improved modestly overall, though trends differ by school. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the average change across 10 schools was up 4 points in ELA and 2 in math, compared with state increases of 3 and 1 points. Henry W Longfellow Elementary School made especially strong gains—up 14 points in ELA and 7 in math—while Kilmer rose 7 and 3 points, respectively, even as its SchoolDigger percentile ranking fell from 50 to 27. In 2024–2025, Longfellow and Kilmer, both in Wheeling CCSD 21, had free/reduced lunch eligible rates of 25% and 71%; these figures are context, not an explanation for score differences.
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