Summary:
The 10 schools in ZIP code 60123—seven elementary, two middle and one high school—serve K–12 students in School District U-46, with reported enrollment totaling 6,665. The clearest area-wide concern is that every reported overall subject average falls below the state result: elementary averages are 26 percentage points lower in ELA and 19 lower in math; middle-school averages are 20 lower in ELA and 26 lower in math; and Larkin High School is 22 points below the state in each reported grade 11 ACT subject.
Among elementary schools, Century Oaks Elementary School leads in ELA at 38%, while Lowrie Elementary School is lowest at 23%, a 15-point spread. Creekside Elementary leads in math at 30%, compared with Lowrie’s 13%, a 17-point spread. Middle-school ELA is nearly tied: Kimball Middle School has 36.9% and Abbott Middle School has 36.6%, just 0.3 points apart; Kimball also leads middle math, 15% to 13%. Grade-specific results offer another comparison: Creekside’s third-grade math was 62%, above the state’s 49%, while Washington Elementary School scored 37% in sixth-grade math, 0.4 points above the state.
Recent trends are mixed: elementary averages changed little, while middle ELA rose 10 points and Larkin’s grade 11 ACT results improved by 4 to 5 points across subjects. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentiles fell for 9 of the 10 schools from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026; Creekside was the exception, moving from the 15th to the 19th percentile. School characteristics are useful context, not explanations: Creekside’s student–teacher ratio is 13.9, compared with Lowrie’s 17.8, and 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 63% at Creekside to 79% at Harriet Gifford Elementary School. At Larkin, chronic absenteeism was 55% versus 24% statewide, and graduation was 79% versus 90% statewide.
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