Best Public Schools in Zip Code 60441

Schools in ZIP code 60441 include eight schools—six elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—serving students from elementary through high school; six have 2025–26 IAR results, while the high school reports ACT and PreACT Secure results. The clearest finding is that performance varies considerably: four of the six IAR schools were above state results in both ELA and math, while two were below in both.

Kelvin Grove Junior High School had the highest all-grades ELA result at 75% (state: 56%), while William J. Butler School led in math at 74% (state: 40%) and was close behind in ELA at 74%. At the other end, Fairmont School had the lowest all-grades results: 34% in ELA and 23% in math, 22 and 16 points below state results. Lockport Township High School East was above state in all three ACT subjects and reported a 97% graduation rate, compared with 90% statewide.

Recent results point to mixed progress: across the six IAR schools, the equal-weight average fell about 1 point in ELA and 3 points in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, even as state results rose; the schools’ advantage over the state narrowed by about 4 points in each subject. Individual results differ: Butler gained 5 points in ELA and 3 in math, while Kelvin Grove’s math fell 9 points and Milne Grove Elementary School’s fell 12. All-grades results also hide grade-level strengths: Taft Grade School was below state overall but above state in several reported grades, including fourth-grade math (63% versus 42%). SchoolDigger percentiles rose from 32 to 65 for Taft and from 81 to 89 for Butler between 2023–24 and 2025–26; Ludwig Elementary School moved from 84 to 77. Income figures are context, not a direct ranking: Taft reported 46% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, while Fairmont reported Community Eligibility in 2024–25—all students receive free meals, with no percentage reported. Walsh Elementary School has no test-score results in the supplied data; comparisons also involve different grade spans and, for the high school, different exams.