Summary:
ZIP code 60187 has nine schools in CUSD 200: six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, serving students from elementary grades through high school. In 2025–2026, every reported school result was above its corresponding state result; the unweighted school averages were 76% in elementary ELA and 71% in math, and 85% in middle-school ELA and 60% in math. But strong area-wide results do not mean every school or subject is equally strong: elementary results span 13 points in ELA and 21 points in math, making the unevenness—especially in elementary math—the key finding for families comparing schools.
Longfellow Elementary leads elementary schools, with 83% in both ELA and math and 77% in fifth-grade science; Hawthorne Elementary is lowest in ELA and math, at 70% and 61%, respectively, though both exceed state results. The gap between them is 13 points in ELA and 21 in math. Among middle schools, Franklin Middle leads Monroe Middle by 10 points in ELA and 13 in math. Wheaton North High is above the state in all reported ACT and PreACT results; its ACT leads are 17 points in ELA, 20 in math and 16 in science. SchoolDigger ranks Longfellow 81st of 1,737 elementary schools, Franklin 88th of 1,126 middle schools, and Wheaton North 45th of 620 high schools.
Recent changes are mixed: the elementary average rose by about 1 point in ELA and stayed nearly level in math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while state results rose by 3 points and 1 point. Individual trends differ: Carl Sandburg Elementary gained 7 points in ELA and 8 in math, while Hawthorne fell 7 and 13 points. Wheaton North’s ACT scores also declined—4 points in ELA, 6 in math and 6 in science—so its leads over the state narrowed, though it remains ahead. As context, the reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for school year 2024–2025 range from 19% at Longfellow to 37% at Carl Sandburg; elementary student–teacher ratios range from 8.0 at Hawthorne to 14.4 at Longfellow, so these measures do not align simply with test results.
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