Summary:
ZIP code 60130 has five schools: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving students from the early grades through high school. The schools enroll 1,649 students in total, and reported 2025–26 achievement results cover grades 3–8 and 11. The clearest shared concern is math in the elementary and middle grades: all six reported school-grade results fell below their matching state results, by about 3 to 19 percentage points.
Proviso Math and Science Academy stands out among high-school results: its 11th graders exceeded state ACT proficiency by 23 points in ELA, 20 in math and 19 in science, and its graduation rate was 99%, compared with 90% statewide. Among the lower-grade schools, Field Stevenson Elementary School had stronger all-grades IAR results than Forest Park Middle School in both ELA (59% versus 57%) and math (33% versus 25%), though they serve different grades. Field’s third-grade ELA was a bright spot at 63%, 15 points above the state; its fifth-grade math was a low point at 18%, 19 points below. Forest Park Middle’s all-grades math was also well below the state: 25% versus 40%.
Recent results are mixed: Field’s all-grades ELA rose from 51% to 59% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while Forest Park Middle’s fell from 59% to 57%; Proviso’s ACT ELA and math each improved by about 7 points, while its science declined by 5. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose from 86 to 89 for Proviso, fell from 50 to 43 for Field and dropped from 59 to 34 for Forest Park Middle. Context also varies: student-teacher ratios range from 8.8 at Forest Park Middle to 18.4 at Proviso; free/reduced lunch eligible rates in school year 2024–25 range from 37% at Garfield to 54% at Forest Park Middle. Chronic absenteeism was 17% at Garfield and 26% at Proviso. Garfield and Betsy Ross Elementary School have no reported test results, and school comparisons should be read with their different grade spans in mind.
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