Summary:
The 60456 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Hometown Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with 377 students. The school is part of the Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123, which is ranked 348 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hometown Elementary School's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, is generally higher than the state averages but lower than the district averages. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 63.4%, compared to the district's 65.5% and the state's 53.1%. Similarly, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 33.1%, compared to the district's 38.2% and the state's 38.5%. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate in 2024-2025 was 37.3%, compared to the district's 41.5% and the state's 40.6%. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025 is relatively high, which could be a contributing factor to the academic performance gaps observed.
The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (70.82%) at Hometown Elementary School suggests that the school serves a predominantly low-income population, which may present additional challenges in terms of academic achievement and resource allocation. While the school's academic performance is generally better than the state averages, it lags behind the district averages, indicating that there may be opportunities for the school to learn from and collaborate with other schools within the district to improve student outcomes.
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