Summary:
ZIP code 60503 has four CUSD 308 schools: three elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 5 and one junior high serving grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the four schools’ average all-grades proficiency was 73% in English language arts (ELA) and 61% in math—16 and 21 percentage points above the state, respectively. Every reported subject-and-grade result was above its corresponding state result, but performance varies considerably by grade: the clearest caution is Homestead Elementary School’s grade 4 math result, which was 45%, just 3 points above the state and 5 points below the district.
The Wheatlands Elementary School led all-grades ELA at 79%, 8 points above the other schools’ average; Wolfs Crossing Elementary School led all-grades math at 70%, 13 points above the other schools’ average. At the lower end, Homestead had the lowest all-grades ELA rate at 67%, while Bednarcik Junior High School had the lowest all-grades math rate at 52%; both were still above state results. Grade-level comparisons give parents a more useful picture: Wolfs Crossing led grade 3 in both subjects, The Wheatlands led grade 4, and grade 5 math was nearly tied between Wolfs Crossing and Homestead.
Recent results are mixed: average all-grades ELA rose 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math fell 1 point, with declines at all four schools. SchoolDigger gives all four schools four stars; its latest statewide percentiles are 85 for The Wheatlands, 75 for Bednarcik, 73 for Homestead and 87 for Wolfs Crossing. Wolfs Crossing’s ranking has stayed near 87 for three years, while Bednarcik and Homestead are below their previous-year percentiles. Student-teacher ratios range from 12.7 at Wolfs Crossing to 14.5 at The Wheatlands. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 ranged from 25% at Bednarcik to 30% at The Wheatlands; these are context, not an explanation for school results.
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