Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 60403 include two schools serving elementary grades through grade 8: Richland Elementary School (PK–8, 774 students) and Chaney-Monge School (K–8, 479 students). Their 2025–2026 results show markedly different proficiency levels, especially in math: Richland reached 42% proficiency across grades, compared with 9% at Chaney-Monge, a 33-point gap. The central takeaway is that the two schools have sharply different measured outcomes, with the largest school-to-school divide in math.
Richland stands out in the all-grades comparisons, with 63% proficiency in ELA versus 38% at Chaney-Monge—a 25-point lead—and a 33-point lead in math. Richland is 7 points above the state in ELA and 2 points above in math; Chaney-Monge is 18 points below the state in ELA and 31 points below in math. Richland also leads in grade 5 and grade 8 science by 8 and 26 points, respectively. Grade 5 ELA is an exception to the broad gap: both schools are above the state, with Richland at 64% and Chaney-Monge at 60%. In SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings, Richland is in the 52nd percentile and Chaney-Monge in the 23rd.
Recent changes are mixed rather than consistent. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Richland improved by 5 points in ELA and 7 in math; Chaney-Monge gained 4 points in ELA but fell 5 points in math. Richland’s SchoolDigger percentile ranking has declined from 62 to 52 over three years, despite its latest score increases, while Chaney-Monge moved from 25 to 23. Context also differs: in 2024–2025, 59% of Richland students and 69% of Chaney-Monge students were eligible for free/reduced lunch. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 17% at Richland and 29% at Chaney-Monge. Richland’s reported student-teacher ratio was 12.3 in 2024–2025; no matching ratio was reported for Chaney-Monge. These contextual measures describe differences between schools but do not establish what caused their achievement results.
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