Summary:
Six schools serve students from elementary through high school in ZIP code 60172: three elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. The latest results show a strong overall position for the elementary and middle schools compared with state averages, but wide differences among local schools. Most important for families comparing options, results vary substantially by school: elementary all-grades ELA spans 36 points, from Waterbury Elementary School to Spring Hills Elementary School.
Roselle Middle School and Spring Hills stand out among their school-level peers. In 2025–2026, Roselle’s all-grades ELA and math results were 88% and 69%, leading Medinah Middle School by 26 and 25 points; Roselle also led in every reported middle-school grade and subject. Spring Hills led the elementary schools in ELA and math in grades 3–5, and its all-grades results were 79% in ELA and 68% in math. Waterbury had the weakest elementary ELA result, 43%—14 points below the state’s 56%—but its 40% math result was essentially at the state level. Frederick Nerge Elementary School had all-grades results of 68% in ELA and 59% in math. Lake Park High School, the only high school listed, exceeded state results in all reported 2025–2026 ACT subjects.
Recent results are mixed: across the five elementary and middle schools, average ELA was essentially unchanged from 2024–2025, while average math fell by 2 points; science rose at all five schools. Lake Park’s grade 11 ACT results declined in ELA, math and science, although they remained above state results. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings place Roselle at the 95th percentile and Spring Hills at the 89th, while Waterbury is at the 35th. Staffing ratios alone do not explain the differences: Roselle and Medinah have similar ratios, 13.6 and 13.5 students per teacher, despite large score gaps. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 36% at Roselle and 44% at Medinah; these figures describe student populations, not causes of results.
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