Summary:
Zip code 60140 has three elementary schools—Gary D Wright Elementary School, Big Timber Elementary School, and Hampshire Elementary School—all serving grades 3–5; Gary D Wright also serves pre-K. In 2025–26, their unweighted average proficiency was 48% in all-grades math, above the 40% state result; ELA averaged 55%, just below the state’s 56%. Grade 5 science averaged 37%, compared with 48% statewide. The clearest area-wide pattern is stronger math results and a substantial science weakness.
Hampshire Elementary School stands out overall: it led all-grades ELA at 59% and math at 51%, and was the only school above the state in both subjects. Its scores were 3 percentage points above Big Timber in ELA and 2 points above it in math. Gary D Wright Elementary School had the lowest all-grades results, at 52% in ELA and 44% in math. Grade-level results tell a more mixed story: Big Timber Elementary School led grade 3 with 68% in ELA and 73% in math, but its grade 5 results were 35% in ELA and 15% in math—20 and 21 points below the state, respectively. All three schools were below the state in grade 5 science; Big Timber led locally at 39%, still 9 points short.
Results changed differently by subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the group’s ELA average rose 4 percentage points, while math fell 3 points and science fell 8. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings place Hampshire highest at the 53rd percentile, then Big Timber at the 49th and Gary D Wright at the 41st; since 2023–24, Hampshire’s percentile fell 22 points, Gary D Wright’s fell 14, and Big Timber’s rose 6. For context, 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were 15.1 at Hampshire, 11.8 at Big Timber, and 17.9 at Gary D Wright. That year’s reported measure was free/reduced lunch eligible: 31% at Hampshire, 34% at Big Timber, and 36% at Gary D Wright. These figures provide context but do not explain the differences in results; area averages are unweighted.
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