Summary:
Zip code 60465 has two elementary schools in North Palos School District 117: Oak Ridge Elementary School, serving grades 2–5, and Dr Kenneth M Sorrick School, serving prekindergarten–grade 1; together, they enroll 1,223 students. The schools serve different grade spans, and the supplied test results cover Oak Ridge only. Oak Ridge’s 2025–2026 proficiency rates were well above the state in both subjects: 78% in English language arts (ELA) versus 56%, and 72% in mathematics versus 40%.
Among the available achievement results, Oak Ridge stands out, especially in grade 5: its ELA proficiency was 85%, compared with 55% statewide, and its mathematics result was 72%, versus 36% statewide—a 36-point advantage. Across all grades, Oak Ridge was 21 points above the state in ELA and 32 points above in mathematics, but remained below the district by 7 and 2 points, respectively. Sorrick cannot be placed at the top or bottom for achievement because no test results are supplied for it. For chronic absenteeism, Oak Ridge was lower at 11%, compared with Sorrick’s 19%; both were below the state’s 24% rate.
Oak Ridge’s recent results were mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its ELA proficiency fell 3 points and mathematics fell 4 points, while its state advantages narrowed by 7 and 5 points. Science improved: Oak Ridge’s grade 5 result rose 11 points to 63%, and its lead over the state grew by 4 points. SchoolDigger ranked Oak Ridge 209th of 1,737 schools, in the 88th percentile, with 4 stars for 2025–2026; its percentile ranking was 94th in 2023–2024 and 92nd in 2024–2025. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 66% at Oak Ridge and 69% at Sorrick; student-teacher ratios were 13.8 and 17.9, respectively.
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