Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 60152 include three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 8: Locust Elementary School (PK–3), Riley Community Cons School (K–8), and Ulysses S Grant Intermediate School (grades 4–5). Their 2025–26 all-grades results vary substantially, although the schools serve different grade spans. The most striking same-grade difference is in fifth grade, where Riley exceeds Grant by 39 points in ELA, 26 in math, and 45 in science.
Riley leads the area in all-grades ELA, with 71% proficiency, compared with 60% at Locust and 44% at Grant; Riley is 15 points above the state, while Grant is 12 points below. Locust leads in all-grades math at 62%, followed by Riley at 54% and Grant at 35%; Locust is 22 points above the state, while Grant is 5 points below. Grant is the clearest academic concern in these results: its fifth-grade ELA, math, and science proficiency rates are 37%, 22%, and 28%, respectively, all below state results. In grade 3, however, Locust exceeds Riley by 6 points in ELA and 16 in math.
Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Locust’s ELA rose 6 points but its math fell 6; Riley’s scores were nearly unchanged, while Grant’s ELA rose 2 points and its math fell 3. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile rankings also fell from 2023–24 to 2025–26 for Riley (84 to 73) and Grant (60 to 28); Locust’s ranking history is older and not directly comparable. As context, for school year 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 37% at Riley, 56% at Locust, and 59% at Grant; student-teacher ratios were 11.6, 14.3, and 15.9, respectively. These are observations about school context, not explanations for test results.
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