Summary:
The 60490 zip code area is home to three elementary schools: Liberty Elementary School, Pioneer Elementary School, and Wayne Builta Elementary School. These schools serve students from kindergarten through 5th grade and are part of the Plainfield School District 202, Valley View CUSD 365U, and Indian Prairie CUSD 204 districts, respectively.
Among the three schools, Wayne Builta Elementary School stands out as the top performer, ranking 81st out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. In the 2024-2025 academic year, 80.2% of Wayne Builta's students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 80.8% were proficient or better in Mathematics, significantly outperforming the state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%, respectively. Liberty Elementary School also performed well, outpacing the district and state averages in both ELA and Math proficiency across all grade levels.
In contrast, Pioneer Elementary School lagged behind the district and state averages in both ELA and Math proficiency. Additionally, all three schools had a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025. While per-student spending and student-teacher ratios varied across the schools, these factors did not necessarily correlate with academic performance, as evidenced by Wayne Builta Elementary's exceptional results despite having a lower per-student spending than Pioneer Elementary.
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