Best High Schools in Zip Code 60140

Zip code 60140 has one listed high school, Hampshire High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 2,046 students. Its latest results are generally stronger than the state’s: Hampshire scored above the state in 7 of 9 subject-and-grade comparisons in 2025–2026. The clearest strengths were science and English language arts, while grade 9 math was the exception. Most importantly, Hampshire’s results exceeded the state’s in most of the tested comparisons.

There is no top-versus-bottom school comparison in this ZIP-code list because Hampshire is the only school. Within its results, science and English language arts stand out: Hampshire’s average advantage over the state was 5 percentage points in science and 4 points in English language arts, compared with 1 point in math. Its largest single advantage was grade 11 ACT science, at 54% versus 48% statewide, a 6-point gap; its only below-state result was grade 9 PreACT math, at 40% versus 42%, 2 points lower. Graduation was also strong at 97%, compared with 90% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was higher than both the state and district rates: 25% versus 24% statewide and 22% in Cusd 300.

Hampshire’s overall test-score advantage over the state widened modestly, from an average of about 2 percentage points in 2024–2025 to about 3 points in 2025–2026, but results did not improve across every grade and subject. Grade 10 gains were especially notable: its state gap grew from 0 to 5 points in English language arts, from 2 points below to 1 point above in math, and from about 0 to 6 points above in science; grade 11 ACT English language arts, by contrast, fell from 61% to 56%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 79th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 69th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 16.8 in 2024–2025, and 32% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.