Summary:
Zip code 60464 has one listed elementary school, Palos West Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 700 students. With no other listed schools for a school-to-school comparison, the key local reference is Palos CCSD 118, alongside Illinois results. The most important finding is that Palos West is well above the state in every reported subject, while it trails its district in some measures.
Math stands out most against the state: Palos West’s all-grades result is 66%, compared with 40% statewide, a 26-point advantage. ELA has the school’s highest all-grades score at 78%, but its state advantage is 21 points; grade 5 science is 66%, 18 points above the state. Local comparisons are more mixed: the school is 1 point above its district in all-grades math, but 6 points below in ELA and 3 points below in grade 5 science. Results also vary more by grade in math: grade 3 is 77%, compared with 62% in grade 4 and 59% in grade 5. ELA is steadier, ranging from 77% to 78% across grades 3–5.
Palos West remains ahead of Illinois, but its lead has narrowed in all three subjects over the two available years: the school’s scores fell 2 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 2 in science, while state scores rose. SchoolDigger’s rating also declined, from 5 stars and the 95th percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and the 87th percentile in 2025–2026. For additional context, the school’s free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 35% in 2024–2025, and its student-teacher ratio was 13.9:1 that year. Chronic absenteeism was 11.3% in 2025–2026, close to the district’s 11.5% and below the state’s 23.5%.
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