Summary:
Three middle schools in ZIP code 60093 serve grades 4–8: Carleton W Washburne School serves grades 7–8, The Skokie School grades 5–6, and Sunset Ridge Elementary School grades 4–8. In 2025–2026, all three scored well above Illinois in all-grades IAR results: their average was 90% in ELA versus 56% statewide, and 80% in math versus 40%. The clearest area-wide strength is math’s larger state advantage: 40 points, compared with 33 points in ELA.
Sunset Ridge led the all-grades results, scoring 91% in ELA and 80% in math; its ELA lead over the lowest-scoring school, Carleton, was 4 points, while its math lead over Skokie was 1 point. Grade-level results add important differences: Sunset Ridge led grades 5–7 ELA, but Carleton led grade 8 ELA by 5 points. In math, Carleton led grade 6 by 9 points, while Sunset Ridge led grades 5, 7, and 8. So the all-grades leader is not necessarily the leader for a student’s particular grade and subject.
ELA rose at all three schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Carleton gained 7 points, Skokie 5, and Sunset Ridge 3. Math increased by 6 points at Skokie, was essentially unchanged at Carleton, and fell by 2 points at Sunset Ridge. Sunset Ridge also had a notable grade 5 science increase of 22 points. As additional context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 8.9 at Carleton and Skokie and 8.1 at Sunset Ridge; SchoolDigger gave Carleton and Sunset Ridge five stars in 2025–2026, with ranks of 34 and 36, respectively. These figures describe differences among schools but do not explain their causes.
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