Summary:
ZIP code 60188 has one middle school, Jay Stream Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 572 students. Because it is the only school in the area, the useful comparisons are with state and district results rather than with other local schools. The most important finding is that Jay Stream’s 2025–2026 ELA results were above the state average, while its math results were below it.
Jay Stream stands out positively in ELA and has its clearest academic challenge in math: all-grades ELA proficiency was 62%, compared with 56% statewide, while math was 30%, compared with 40% statewide. The contrast is sharpest in eighth grade, where ELA was 67%—4 points above the state—and math was 21%—14 points below. Math results varied by grade: sixth grade was 9 points below the state, seventh grade was 1 point above, and eighth grade was 14 points below. ELA was above the state in all three grades, by 3 points in sixth, 1 in seventh, and 4 in eighth.
Over the two reported years, ELA improved while math fell behind: Jay Stream’s ELA rose from 57% to 62%, and its advantage over the state grew from 4 to 6 points; math declined from 34% to 30%, and its state gap widened from 5 to 10 points. Eighth-grade science increased from 47% to 51%, but the school moved from 2 points above the state to 1 point below. SchoolDigger’s ranking fell from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 43rd in 2025–2026, and its rating went from 3 stars to 2. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 18%, below the state’s 24% and close to the district’s 17%; the student-teacher ratio was 9.9 in 2024–2025, and 42% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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