Schools in Zip Code 60401

ZIP code 60401 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Beecher Elementary, Beecher Junior High and Beecher High; together, they enroll 1,051 students. The clearest shared strength is ELA at the two schools taking IAR: in 2025–2026, 74% of Elementary students and 73% of Junior High students were proficient, compared with 56% statewide. The most important contrast for families is that ELA is strong at both schools, while mathematics results vary by school and grade.

Beecher Elementary leads the two IAR schools in all-grades math: 42% were proficient, 2 points above the state, while Beecher Junior High had 32%, 8 points below; the school-to-school gap was 10 points. Grade results add important context: Elementary math proficiency ranged from 26% in grade 5 to 57% in grade 3, while Junior High ranged from 26% in grade 7 to 37% in grade 6. Junior High stands out in eighth-grade science at 62%, 10 points above the state; Elementary fifth-grade science was also strong at 58%, 11 points above. At Beecher High, ninth-grade PreACT ELA was 75%, 14 points above the state, but 11th-grade ACT ELA was 43%, 7 points below.

Results over time are mixed: Elementary and Junior High stayed above the state in ELA, but their advantages narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 5 and 8 points, respectively. High’s 11th-grade ACT ELA fell 29 points year over year; in contrast, fifth-grade science at Elementary rose 20 points and eighth-grade science at Junior High rose 9. SchoolDigger gives all three schools three stars, with statewide ranks of 646 of 1,737 for Elementary, 461 of 1,126 for Junior High and 265 of 620 for High. Student-teacher ratios are similar, from 13.2 to 14.1. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 were 39% at Elementary, 31% at Junior High and 28% at High; these are profile details, not explanations for test results. Chronic absenteeism was 9%–11% across the schools, below the state’s 24%, and High’s graduation rate was 91%, compared with 90% statewide. Results reflect just two school years and can vary by student cohort.