Summary:
Zip code 60096 has one listed elementary school, Westfield School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4 in Winthrop Harbor; because it is the only school listed, families cannot compare nearby elementary schools using this data. In 2025–26, its all-grade math result was 47%, 7 percentage points above Illinois, while its ELA result was 50%, 6 points below the state. The most important takeaway is that Westfield’s overall math result is above the state average, but its ELA result is below it.
As the only school in the list, Westfield is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school by default. Its grade-level results show a sharp split in math: third graders scored 66%, compared with 49% statewide, or 17 points higher; fourth graders scored 26%, versus 42% statewide, or 16 points lower. The difference between Westfield’s third- and fourth-grade math results was 40 points, compared with a 7-point statewide difference. ELA was more consistent, though below the state in both grades: third grade was 47% versus 48% statewide, and fourth grade was 53% versus 56%.
Westfield’s results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, especially in ELA: ELA rose from 33% to 50%, a 17-point gain, while Illinois rose by 3 points. Westfield’s ELA gap with the state narrowed by 14 points. Math increased from 44% to 47%, a 3-point gain, and its lead over Illinois grew from 5 points to 7. SchoolDigger ranks Westfield 970th of 1,737 schools, in the 44th percentile, with 2 stars; these are SchoolDigger rankings and ratings, not test-score rankings. Other context includes a student–teacher ratio of 12.7 in 2024–25 and 56% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25.
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