Summary:
ZIP code 60119 has two elementary schools, both serving prekindergarten through grade 5: Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School and Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elementary. In 2025–26, both posted all-grade proficiency results above the state in English language arts (ELA) and math. Their clearest difference is in ELA: Blackberry Creek reached 81% proficient, compared with 70% at John Stewart, a 12-point lead. The most important takeaway is that Blackberry Creek leads overall in ELA, while their all-grade math results are nearly even.
Blackberry Creek stands out in all-grade ELA, scoring 25 points above the state’s 56%; John Stewart was 13 points above the state. In all-grade math, Blackberry Creek scored 60% and John Stewart 59%, both well above the state’s 40%. But John Stewart leads in grade 5: its math proficiency was 54%, versus 36% at Blackberry Creek, an 18-point difference, and its science result was 74%, compared with 68%, a 6-point lead. Both schools exceeded the state’s 48% in grade 5 science. SchoolDigger rated each school four stars for 2025–26, placing Blackberry Creek at the 82nd statewide percentile and John Stewart at the 79th.
Both schools improved in all-grade ELA from 2024–25 to 2025–26: John Stewart rose 14 points to 70%, and Blackberry Creek rose 8 points to 81%. Math moved in different directions: John Stewart gained 7 points to 59%, while Blackberry Creek slipped 1 point to 60%. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings rose over three years at John Stewart, from the 55th to the 79th; Blackberry Creek climbed from the 65th to the 82nd after reaching the 87th in 2024–25. As additional context, 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were 12.1 at John Stewart and 9.6 at Blackberry Creek; both schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2021–22, at 21% and 7%, respectively. These figures describe just two schools and do not explain why their results differ.
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