Summary:
ZIP code 60502 has three elementary schools: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary and Nancy Young Elementary School serve kindergarten through grade 5, while C I Johnson Elementary School serves grades 3–5. All three have 2025–2026 test results above the state rate in every reported subject and grade. Across the schools, average All Grades proficiency was 74% in ELA and 68% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that Johnson currently leads the group in both All Grades subjects, despite having the smallest enrollment.
Johnson scored 75% in All Grades ELA and 69% in math, ahead of the next-highest school by 2 and 1 percentage points, respectively. Its strongest leads are in upper grades: it posted 81% in grade 4 ELA, 83% in grade 5 ELA, and 63% in grade 5 math. Johnson also led grade 5 science at 85%, 14 points above Brooks and 17 above Young; all three schools were above the state’s 48%. Young stands out in grade 3, leading with 74% in ELA and 76% in math, while Brooks led grade 4 math at 73%. Young had the lowest science result, 67%, but its All Grades results were close to Brooks’—both schools were around 73% in ELA and 68% in math.
Results rose on average from 2024–2025, though not at every school: Johnson gained 12 points in ELA and 14 in math, and Young gained 5 and 2, while Brooks fell 1 and 5 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile for Johnson rose from 71 to 89 over three years; Young remained at 85, while Brooks moved from 91 to 85 in the latest year. Johnson enrolls 269 students, compared with 574 at Young and 683 at Brooks; student-teacher ratios are 16.8, 13.6, and 16.9, respectively. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for sy 2024–2025 were 58% at Johnson, 14% at Young, and 18% at Brooks—context that does not explain score differences. Chronic absenteeism was 8%–9% at the schools, compared with 24% statewide.
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