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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 60430

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Top rankedJames Hart School547^th of 1,126 Illinois middle schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 60430 has three schools in Willow School (prekindergarten–grade 2), Winston Churchill School (grades 3–5) and James Hart School (grades 6–8), all in Homewood School District 153. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was below the state rate at all three: 19% at Willow, 18% at Churchill and 18% at James Hart, compared with 24% statewide. The most important achievement finding is the wide ELA gap between the two schools with scores: James Hart was 20 points ahead of Churchill in 2025–2026.

James Hart stands out in ELA, with 69% proficient compared with 49% at Churchill and 56% statewide; James Hart was 12 points above the state, while Churchill was 8 points below. The grade-level pattern supports that contrast: James Hart was above the state in all three grades it serves, while Churchill was above the state only in grade 5. In math, Churchill had the higher overall result—38% to James Hart’s 34%—but both were below the state’s 40%, by 1 and 6 points, respectively. Their grade-level results vary, with a few grades above the state at each school. Willow has no supplied test scores, and the science results are for different grades at the two tested schools.

Recent changes are mixed: James Hart’s ELA rose 5 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while Churchill’s fell 4; math rose 2 points at James Hart and was nearly unchanged at Churchill. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile fell from 60 to 51 for James Hart and from 56 to 37 for Churchill between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026; these ranking changes are not proficiency-score changes. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 47% at James Hart, 49% at Churchill and 46% at Willow. Student-teacher ratios that year were 11.1 at James Hart, 13.7 at Churchill and 12.4 at Willow; these figures describe differences between schools but do not explain achievement 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
James Hart School	Public	6-8	18220 Morgan St	Homewood	60430	Cook County	Homewood School District 153	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 799-5544	681	61	11.1	46.7%	140 (20.6%)	388 (57.0%)	100 (14.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (7.3%)	48.5	547^th of 1126 public middle schools	51.4%		60.3	484^th of 1368 public middle schools	64.6%	63		46.6				75.4	66.4	65.7	68.7				39.0	31.3	31.3	33.5	97.7%		$17,851	$419	$17,433
Willow School	Public	PK, KG-2	1804 Willow Rd	Homewood	60430	Cook County	Homewood School District 153	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 798-3720	603	48	12.4	46.1%	131 (21.7%)	313 (51.9%)	99 (16.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.5%)								(n/a)																	91.3%		$19,046	$485	$18,562
Winston Churchill School	Public	3-5	1300 190th St	Homewood	60430	Cook County	Homewood School District 153	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 798-3424	572	42	13.7	49.3%	118 (20.6%)	313 (54.7%)	90 (15.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.4%)	35.2	1095^th of 1737 public elementary schools	37.0%		53.7	929^th of 2056 public elementary schools	54.8%	166	47.3		43.8	47.5	55.4				48.7	39.9	35.5	40.0				38.4	95.2%		$15,794	$619	$15,176

Cities Near Zip Code 60430

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Homewood	0.68 mi	3	385^th
Flossmoor	0.71 mi	5	365^th
Hazel Crest	1.71 mi	6	778^th
Chicago Heights	1.82 mi	25	644^th
E Hazel Crest	1.88 mi	1

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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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