Summary:
ZIP code 60490 has three K–5 elementary schools—Pioneer Elementary School, Liberty Elementary School and Wayne Builta Elementary School—serving families across three school districts. In 2025–2026, their unweighted average proficiency was 68% in all-grades English language arts (ELA) and 56% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%; fifth-grade science averaged 60%, versus 48% statewide. Results vary substantially among schools, and the most important takeaway is that Wayne Builta led in every reported grade and subject.
Wayne Builta stands out at the top: it scored 79% in all-grades ELA, 76% in math and 78% in fifth-grade science. Those results were 20, 39 and 36 percentage points above Pioneer, respectively. Pioneer had the lowest results in those measures—60% in ELA, 38% in math and 42% in science—though its ELA was 3 points above the state. Liberty generally fell between the two, with 66% in ELA, 54% in math and 61% in science, all above state results. Grade-level results can add useful detail: Pioneer’s grade 5 math was 28%, while Liberty’s grade 5 ELA was 60%, below Pioneer’s 68%.
Recent trends are mixed: the three-school average rose 2 percentage points in ELA from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but fell 4 points in math; the average science score rose 1 point. Pioneer had the largest ELA gain, 6 points, while all three schools’ math scores declined. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings were 93rd percentile and 5 stars for Wayne Builta, 69th percentile and 3 stars for Liberty, and 44th percentile and 2 stars for Pioneer. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 13% at Wayne Builta, 27% at Liberty and 47% at Pioneer; student–teacher ratios were similar, from 12.3 to 13.3. These measures provide context, not an explanation for differences in results.
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