Summary:
Zip code 60137 has 11 schools—seven elementary, two middle and two high schools—offering families options from elementary through high school. The most important area-wide pattern is that every school’s reported 2025–2026 test results are above the state figure for the matching subject and grade or exam.
Among elementary schools, Forest Glen Elementary School leads all-grades ELA at 78%, while Abraham Lincoln Elementary School leads math at 77% and fifth-grade science at 74%. At the other end, Churchill Elementary School scores 62% in ELA, 55% in math and 49% in fifth-grade science—gaps of 16, 22 and 25 points, respectively, from the elementary leaders. In middle school, Hadley Junior High School leads Glen Crest Middle School by 3 points in ELA and 14 in math, though Glen Crest leads eighth-grade science, 75% to 72%. Glenbard West High School is ahead of Glenbard South High School in every reported high-school comparison, by 8 points in 11th-grade ACT ELA, 12 in math and 4 in science.
Recent trends are mixed: elementary ELA rose from a 68% average in 2024–2025 to 73% in 2025–2026, while elementary math stayed near 70%. Middle-school averages increased in ELA, math and eighth-grade science; high-school ACT averages fell in ELA and science and were nearly flat in math. SchoolDigger ranked Glenbard West 36th of 620 schools and Hadley 89th of 1,126 in 2025–2026; these rankings are separate from test scores. Other context also varies: Glenbard West’s student-teacher ratio is 17.8, compared with Glenbard South’s 15.7, and their graduation rates are 96% and 94%. Their free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 are 29% and 30%, respectively; these are observations, not explanations for results.
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