Summary:
Zip code 60190 has one middle school, Winfield Central School, serving grades 3–8 and enrolling 189 students. Its latest results show different strengths by subject: in 2025–2026, all-grades math proficiency was 47%, compared with 40% statewide, while ELA was essentially at the state level, at 56.0% versus 56.3%. The clearest overall takeaway is that Winfield’s results compare more favorably with the state in math than in ELA.
There is no second school in the ZIP code to rank against; comparisons are between Winfield’s grade-level results and the state. The school’s strongest grade-level comparisons were in math: grade 3 proficiency was 70%, 21 points above the state’s 49%, and grade 6 was 59%, 23 points above the state’s 36%. Grade 7 ELA was a notable weak spot: 44% of students were proficient, 14 points below the state’s 58%. These contrasts show that the school’s overall results can conceal substantial differences from one grade to another.
Recent trends are mixed: ELA improved, but math’s advantage over the state edged up. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Winfield’s ELA rose from 54% to 56%, while the state rose from 53% to 56%; the school moved from slightly above the state to essentially level. Math rose from 46% to 47%, and its lead over the state widened slightly. SchoolDigger lists Winfield at the 61st percentile, with 3 stars and a ranking of 434 out of 1,126 for 2025–2026; its percentile fell from 74 in 2023–2024 before recovering from 59 the following year. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 24%. Context measures include a student-teacher ratio of 9.6 in 2024–2025 and 29.6% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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