Summary:
ZIP code 60099 has 12 schools serving preschool through high school: seven elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools. Test results are available for nine schools; the three schools serving only PK–2 have no scores in the supplied data. Results vary among schools, but the most important finding is that even the local leaders in the main school-level comparisons remain below state proficiency results.
Zion-Benton East High School leads its high-school peer on 11th-grade ACT ELA, math and science by 20, 2 and 13 percentage points, respectively. Among elementary schools, Oak Crest School leads in all-grades ELA and math, with 34% and 26% proficient; West Elementary School is lowest, at 14% and 4%—gaps of 21 and 22 points. Beach Park Middle School leads middle schools in ELA and math, while Zion Central Middle School has the lowest middle-school math result. SchoolDigger ranks East at the 37th percentile, compared with the 13th for Zion-Benton Township High School; Oak Crest is at the 12th percentile and Beach Park at the 6th.
Recent gains are encouraging but uneven: the seven tested elementary and middle schools’ average ELA proficiency rose from 23% to 27% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while average math rose from 11% to 12%. All three middle schools improved in ELA, but math results were mixed. East’s ACT results improved in all three subjects, while Township High’s ELA and science results declined. Other school differences may help families compare options: in 2024–2025, free/reduced-lunch eligible students made up 55% of Oak Crest’s enrollment and 84% of West’s; their student-teacher ratios were 10.0 and 11.3. These figures are context, not explanations for test results.
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