Summary:
Zip code 60106 has one listed middle school, Blackhawk Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and 665 students. In 2025–2026, its overall English Language Arts (ELA) result was 56%, matching Illinois and sitting 7 points above Bensenville School District 2. Mathematics was 33%, 7 points below the state’s 40%. The most important takeaway is that overall ELA is at the state level, but math remains behind.
Blackhawk’s strongest results came in eighth grade: ELA was 66%, 3 points above the state, and math was 41%, 6 points above. Sixth and seventh grades were below state results in both subjects. Sixth-grade ELA was 51% versus 59% statewide, and math was 26% versus 36%; seventh-grade ELA was 52% versus 58%, and math was 32% versus 40%. With only one school in the area, there is no school-to-school top or bottom; the clearest contrast is between eighth grade’s above-state scores and the lower results in grades six and seven.
Results improved over time in ELA and eighth-grade science, while math made little progress. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 7 points, from 49% to 56%, reaching the state result; eighth-grade science rose 19 points, from 31% to 50%, bringing it closer to the state. Math increased just 1 point, from 32% to 33%, and its state gap widened slightly. SchoolDigger’s ranking shifted from the 58th percentile (572 of 1,363 schools; 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to the 40th percentile (680 of 1,126; 2 stars) in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 11.4 and 55% were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 25% in 2025–2026, 1 point above the state and 4 points above the district.
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