Summary:
ZIP code 60419 has five elementary schools serving prekindergarten or kindergarten through grade 5 or 6: Lincoln Elementary School, Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School, Franklin Elementary School, Roosevelt Elementary School, and Diekman Elementary School, in Dolton School District 148 and Dolton School District 149. Enrollment ranges from 227 to 342 students. In 2025–2026, the five-school average was 29% proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 15% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. The key takeaway is that every school’s latest all-grades results were well below state proficiency, though the average gap was smaller in math—25 points, versus 27 in ELA.
Roosevelt and Lincoln were nearly tied for the highest all-grades ELA results, at 33.0% and 32.6%; Franklin was lowest at 25.5%, 7.5 points below Roosevelt. Lincoln led in math at 16.8%, while Roosevelt was lowest at 12.5%, a 4.3-point spread. Leaders also vary by grade: Lincoln led reported 3rd-grade ELA and math, Berger-Vandenberg led 4th-grade ELA, Franklin led 5th-grade ELA, and Roosevelt led 6th-grade ELA. These grade-specific results can offer a more relevant comparison when considering a particular grade.
Results improved on average from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose 5 points and math 3 points. Gains were uneven: Roosevelt’s ELA rose 13 points and Lincoln’s math rose 12, while Diekman fell 1 point in ELA and 3 in math. School context also varies: student-teacher ratios range from 13.3 at Roosevelt to 19.0 at Berger-Vandenberg. For 2024–2025, Lincoln, Berger-Vandenberg, and Roosevelt reported “All students receive free meals” through Community Eligibility (CEP); Franklin reported 96% and Diekman 98% free/reduced lunch eligible, a different measure that should not be directly compared with CEP. These are all-grades results across schools with different grade spans; grade-level scores are available only for some school-grade combinations.
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