Summary:
ZIP code 60461 has two schools: Rich Township High School serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 2,433 students, while Arcadia Elementary School serves kindergarten through grade 3 and enrolls 516. Their academic results reflect different ages and tests, so they are not a direct school-to-school contest. The clearest contrast for families is attendance: chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 49% at Rich Township and 6% at Arcadia, a 43-point difference; the statewide rate was 24%.
Arcadia stands out in all-grades IAR math: 46% were proficient in 2025–2026, 6 percentage points above the state’s 40%. Its ELA result was 40%, 17 points below the state’s 56%. Rich Township was below the state in every reported current ACT and PreACT subject-and-grade comparison, with gaps of 22 to 35 points. Its widest gap was grade 10 PreACT science: 14% proficient versus 48% statewide, 35 points lower. These results identify different strengths and concerns, not an overall winner across the two schools.
Recent trends are mixed. Arcadia’s all-grades math proficiency rose from 38% to 46% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, improving its state-relative position by 7 points; ELA fell from 46% to 40%, and its gap widened by 9 points. At Rich Township, grade 10 PreACT gaps widened in all three subjects, while grade 9 ELA and science results improved and their gaps narrowed. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking fell from 19 to 7 for Rich Township across 2023–2024 to 2025–2026; Arcadia’s rose from 35 to 45 between 2022–2023 and 2024–2025. In 2024–2025, both schools had about 44% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch; student–teacher ratios were 12.4 at Rich Township and 13.0 at Arcadia.
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