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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 60091

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At a glance

Schools

3,541

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedMcKenzie Elementary School12^th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Central Elementary School up 18 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Marie Murphy School 9.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 60091 has seven schools—four elementary and three middle schools, with no high schools—and the reported results cover elementary and middle grades. In 2025–2026, the seven schools averaged 87% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 82% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%; the most important takeaway is that every school’s reported all-grades result was well above the state in both subjects.

McKenzie Elementary leads the elementary schools overall, with 92% in ELA and 90% in math; its math result is 9 points above the other schools’ average. Marie Murphy School leads the middle schools overall at 93% in ELA and 87% in math, and leads the available same-grade comparisons in grades 6–8. Not every grade-level leader is the same: Central Elementary has the highest grade 3 math result, at 95%. At the lower end, Harper Elementary is lowest among the elementary schools in both all-grades subjects (80% ELA and 76% math), while Wilmette Junior High School has the lowest middle-school all-grades math result, at 69%. Both remain above their respective state results.

Results generally rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but ELA gains lagged the state: the schools’ average rose about 1 point, compared with a 3-point state increase. Average math rose about 1 point, essentially matching the state’s gain. Science improved at all three schools with two-year results, including an 9-point rise at Highcrest Middle School and a 7-point rise at Marie Murphy. SchoolDigger’s listed percentile increased from 97 to 99 for McKenzie and from 96 to 98 for Marie Murphy, while it declined from 95 to 93 for Harper and from 96 to 93 for Wilmette Junior High. As context, 2021–2022 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 1% to 7% at the elementary schools and from 3% to 8% at the middle schools; 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios ranged from 9.4 at Romona and Marie Murphy to 13.5 at McKenzie. These figures describe different aspects of the schools and do not by themselves explain results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2021-22)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Marie Murphy School	Public	6-8	2921 Illinois Rd	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Avoca School District 37	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 251-3617	253	27	9.4	7.7%	116 (45.8%)	4 (1.6%)	36 (14.2%)	72 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	24 (9.5%)	96.8	17^th of 1126 public middle schools	98.5%		97.4	22^nd of 1368 public middle schools	98.4%	5		90.3				92.2	97.3	89.0	93.0				78.4	94.6	84.7	86.8	98.6%		$36,026	$575	$35,450
Highcrest Middle School	Public	5-6	569 Hunter Rd	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 512-6500	748	68	11.0	2.7%	515 (68.9%)	3 (0.4%)	58 (7.8%)	73 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (13.2%)								(n/a)	80.1				87.5	91.1			89.2			81.8	77.6			79.7	99.5%		$22,744	$333	$22,411
Central Elementary School	Public	K-4	910 Central Ave	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 512-6100	485	39	12.4	1.2%	394 (81.2%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.9%)	16 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.1%)	96.3	32^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	98.2%		95.6	50^th of 2056 public elementary schools	97.6%	18			84.5	89.5					86.8	95.1	82.6					89.4	99.6%		$20,445	$271	$20,174
Harper Elementary School	Public	K-4	1101 Dartmouth St	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 512-6200	366	30	12.2	1.2%	303 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.3%)	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	90.5	119^th of 1737 public elementary schools	93.1%		93.3	109^th of 2056 public elementary schools	94.7%	10			78.6	81.8					80.3	81.8	71.2					76.0	100%		$25,978	$284	$25,695
McKenzie Elementary School	Public	K-4	649 Prairie Ave	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 512-6300	461	34	13.5	2.0%	378 (82.0%)	4 (0.9%)	20 (4.3%)	16 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.3%)	97.5	12^th of 1737 public elementary schools	99.3%		97.9	14^th of 2056 public elementary schools	99.3%	2			89.0	95.7					92.4	90.0	89.4					89.7	99%		$22,317	$319	$21,998
Romona Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	600 Romona Rd	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 512-6400	462	49	9.4	7.1%	253 (54.8%)	9 (1.9%)	47 (10.2%)	64 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	88 (19.0%)	94.5	55^th of 1737 public elementary schools	96.8%		95.7	46^th of 2056 public elementary schools	97.8%	9			82.9	88.9					86.3	86.8	76.8					81.1	96.5%		$26,506	$706	$25,800
Wilmette Junior High School	Public	7-8	620 Locust Rd	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 512-6600	766	65	11.8	3.3%	550 (71.8%)	3 (0.4%)	62 (8.1%)	70 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (10.6%)	90.1	76^th of 1126 public middle schools	93.3%		95.3	49^th of 1368 public middle schools	96.4%	27		82.6					89.6	78.5	84.1					75.1	62.8	69.0	99.5%		$21,980	$370	$21,611

Cities Near Zip Code 60091

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wilmette	0.27 mi	7	14^th
Evanston	0.87 mi	21	145^th
Kenilworth	1.09 mi	1	2^nd
Skokie	1.3 mi	15	214^th
Winnetka	1.35 mi	7	12^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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