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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 60201

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Schools

1,944

Students

Top rankedOrrington Elementary School262^nd of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Dr ML King Junior Literary & Fine Arts School 8.2 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 60201 has six elementary schools in Evanston CCSD 65: five serve kindergarten through grade 5, while Dr ML King Junior Literary & Fine Arts School serves kindergarten through grade 8. In 2025–2026, the six schools’ average all-grades results were 65% in ELA and 60% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%—advantages of 9 and 21 percentage points. The key finding for families is that results vary considerably by school and grade, despite the group’s above-state averages.

Orrington Elementary School led in all-grades ELA at 79% and math at 76%; Dr ML King Junior Literary & Fine Arts School had the lowest scores, 59% and 45%. The gap between them was 19 points in ELA and 31 in math, though both schools were above the state in both subjects. Grade-level results reveal additional contrasts: Dr ML King’s grade 3 and grade 5 ELA results, and its grade 5 math result, were below state figures. In science, Dewey Elementary School led fifth grade at 77%, 30 points above the state; Willard Elementary School also exceeded the state by 17 points.

Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the group’s average ELA result fell 1 point and math fell 4, while the state rose 3 points in ELA and 1 in math; science rose 3 points for the schools and 7 for the state. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also softened for most schools: from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, Dr ML King went from the 70th to the 46th percentile, while Orrington remained at the 85th; in 2025–2026, Dewey ranked at the 81st percentile. As context, all six schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible data for 2024–2025: the share ranged from 20% at Orrington to 50% at Dr ML King. Willard’s 23% share was similar to Orrington’s, yet its scores were 16 points lower in ELA and 23 points lower in math; these figures describe school context, not what explains results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dewey Elementary School	Public	K-5	1551 Wesley Ave	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 859-8141	321	29	11.1	28.7%	138 (43.0%)	43 (13.4%)	68 (21.2%)	37 (11.5%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.0%)	78.4	327^th of 1737 public elementary schools	81.2%		88.6	212^th of 2056 public elementary schools	89.7%	115	77.2		52.5	72.9	73.7				65.7	68.9	77.1	56.1				66.9	98.5%		$26,709	$633	$26,076
Lincolnwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	2600 Colfax St	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 859-8881	288	27	10.5	34.7%	155 (53.8%)	90 (31.3%)	19 (6.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.6%)	69.9	478^th of 1737 public elementary schools	72.5%		81.4	366^th of 2056 public elementary schools	82.2%	112	62.2		64.3	67.3	61.4				64.4	62.8	60.4	54.5				59.3	97.5%		$31,750	$1,257	$30,493
Dr ML King Junior Literary & Fine Arts School	Public	K-8	2424 Lake St	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 859-8500	421	51	8.2	50.1%	123 (29.2%)	162 (38.5%)	55 (13.1%)	19 (4.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (13.1%)	44.3	935^th of 1737 public elementary schools	46.2%		63.5	733^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	64.3%	202	46.5	62.2	40.0	65.8	46.5	69.4	61.4	68.9	59.3	48.9	50.0	25.6	43.5	54.4	44.4	44.8	98%		$32,699	$942	$31,758
Orrington Elementary School	Public	K-5	2636 Orrington Ave	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 859-8781	225	23	9.8	20.4%	119 (52.9%)	34 (15.1%)	9 (4.0%)	34 (15.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (12.4%)	82.1	262^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	84.9%		91	158^th of 2056 public elementary schools	92.3%	104	61.3		66.7	95.3	64.5				78.6	75.0	88.4	58.1				75.5	99%		$29,817	$633	$29,184
Willard Elementary School	Public	K-5	2700 Hurd Ave	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 905-3601	355	32	11.2	22.5%	209 (58.9%)	41 (11.5%)	71 (20.0%)	9 (2.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	62.8	617^th of 1737 public elementary schools	64.5%		80.1	390^th of 2056 public elementary schools	81.0%	227	64.8		50.0	71.2	63.0				62.4	60.0	54.5	44.4				52.9	99.4%		$26,056	$633	$25,423
Kingsley Elementary School	Public	K-5	2300 Green Bay Rd	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 859-8401	334	27	12.5	30.8%	182 (54.5%)	90 (26.9%)	20 (6.0%)	11 (3.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.4%)	65.9	559^th of 1737 public elementary schools	67.8%		75.2	495^th of 2056 public elementary schools	75.9%	64	55.6		61.5	67.2	55.6				62.2	73.1	64.2	44.4				61.6	97.2%		$25,261	$633	$24,628

Cities Near Zip Code 60201

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Evanston	0.17 mi	21	145^th
Wilmette	1.38 mi	7	14^th
Skokie	1.55 mi	15	214^th
Kenilworth	2.49 mi	1	2^nd
Winnetka	2.8 mi	7	12^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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