Summary:
ZIP code 60146 has one listed elementary school, Hiawatha Elementary School PreK–5, serving PreK through fifth grade. Its 2025–2026 results show a marked difference across grades: fifth-grade ELA and science are above Illinois results, while fourth-grade ELA is well below. On the all-grade measures, the school is below the state in both ELA and math, with a larger gap in ELA; the most important finding is that these overall figures conceal sharply different results by grade.
Fifth grade is the strongest point in the results: ELA is 67%, 12 percentage points above the state’s 55%, and science is 58%, 10 points above the state’s 48%. Fourth-grade ELA is the clearest low point, at 43% compared with 56% statewide—a 13-point gap. Third-grade ELA is also below the state, at 42% versus 48%. Across grades three through five, ELA results span 25 points, from 42% in third grade to 67% in fifth. All-grade math is closer to the state than all-grade ELA: 39% versus 40%, a 1-point gap, compared with 51% versus 56% in ELA, a 5-point gap.
Recent changes are mixed: fifth-grade science rose 3 points, from 55% to 58%, but the state rose 7 points, so Hiawatha’s advantage narrowed by 4 points. All-grade ELA fell 2 points, from 53% to 51%, while the state rose 3 points; the gap widened by 5 points. Math increased by about 1 point, but its gap to the state widened by about 1 point. SchoolDigger rated Hiawatha 2 stars and placed it in the 45th percentile in 2025–2026, down from 3 stars and the 57th percentile in 2024–2025. The school has 216 students, an 11.9 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025, and 52% free/reduced lunch eligible in that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 19% and the state’s 24%.
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