Schools in Zip Code 60428

ZIP code 60428 has four schools—three elementary schools and one middle school—serving grades from PK–5 through PK–8. Their 2025–2026 results vary widely, so the area does not have one consistent academic profile. The clearest takeaway is that Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is the only school with All Grades results within four percentage points of the state in both ELA and math.

Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy leads the reported All Grades results, with 54% proficiency in ELA and 36% in math, compared with state rates of 56% and 40%. Its ELA result is 25 points above the next-highest school, Markham Park Elementary School, at 29%; Markham Park’s math result is 13%. Prairie-Hills Junior High School is lowest in both reported subjects, at 22% in ELA and 6% in math. The reported results span 32 points in ELA and 31 points in math. Barack H Obama Learning Academy has 22% ELA proficiency; its math result is suppressed and cannot be compared.

Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose by 5 points at STEAM, 9 at Markham Park, and 4 at Obama Learning Academy, but fell by 7 at Junior High. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place Markham Park at the 10th percentile and Junior High at the 1st; the latest supplied rankings for STEAM and Obama Learning Academy are from 2024–2025, at the 36th and 1st percentiles. Context also differs: STEAM has 102 students and a 16.1 student-teacher ratio, while Junior High has 766 students and a 25.5 ratio. In 2024–2025, Markham Park and Junior High reported 94% free/reduced lunch eligible; STEAM and Obama Learning Academy reported all students receive free meals through Community Eligibility.