Summary:
Middle-school families in ZIP code 60101 have one listed option, Indian Trail Junior High School, serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grade IAR proficiency was 48% in English language arts (ELA) and 26% in mathematics; eighth-grade science proficiency was 41%. All three results were below Illinois, and mathematics had the largest shortfall: 14 percentage points below the state. That mathematics gap is the clearest concern in the latest results.
With only one school listed, Indian Trail is both the area’s highest- and lowest-ranked school by default, so there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. Within the school, ELA stands out as stronger than mathematics: 48% proficient versus 26%, a 22-point difference. ELA was 8 points below Illinois, compared with a 14-point mathematics gap; science was 11 points below the state. Seventh grade was closest to Illinois in both subjects: 7 points below in ELA and 9 points below in mathematics. Sixth-grade mathematics had the largest grade-level shortfall, at 15 points below the state.
Results rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects, but ELA made the clearest progress relative to the state: school ELA increased 8 points while Illinois rose 3, narrowing the gap by 5 points. Mathematics increased 1 point, but its state gap widened slightly; eighth-grade science rose 7 points and narrowed its gap by 1 point. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 42nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 24th in 2025–2026, including a 15-point drop in the latest year. In 2024–2025, the school enrolled 1,111 students, had a 12.3 student–teacher ratio, and reported 72% free/reduced lunch eligible. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 24%, equal to Illinois and 4 points above the district rate.
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