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Best High Schools in Zip Code 60506

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4,297

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Top rankedIllinois Mathematics and Science Academy1^st of 620 Illinois high schools

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Summary:

High schools in ZIP code 60506 include two schools: West Aurora High School serves grades 9–12 and lists 3,641 students, while the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy serves grades 10–12 and lists 656. The most important finding for families is the substantial difference in their results on comparable tests.

IMSA stands out at the top: in 2025–26, its proficiency was about 98% to 100% in all three subjects on both the 11th-grade ACT and 10th-grade PreACT Secure. West Aurora was lower in every like-for-like comparison, with results from 22% to 38%; IMSA’s lead was 61–70 percentage points on the ACT and 65–77 points on the PreACT. Compared with Illinois results, West Aurora was 11–19 points lower across those six comparisons, while IMSA was 46–63 points higher. West Aurora’s separate 9th-grade PreACT results were also below the state in all subjects, by 8–11 points.

Recent trends diverged: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, West Aurora’s results fell in four of six matched comparisons, with declines of 7 points in ACT ELA, 9 in PreACT ELA, 4 in PreACT math and 12 in PreACT science; ACT math and science each rose by about 1 point. IMSA stayed near the top of the scale, with changes ranging from a 1-point decline to increases of up to 2 points. SchoolDigger ranked IMSA #1 in Illinois in both years; West Aurora’s SchoolDigger percentile fell from 44th in 2023–24 to 26th in 2025–26. In 2024–25, student–teacher ratios were 16.1 at West Aurora and 20.5 at IMSA; West Aurora reported 50% free/reduced lunch eligible that year, while IMSA had no reported low-income measure. IMSA has no 9th-grade result for comparison, and the schools’ income measures are not shared across both.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy	Public	10-12	1500 Sullivan Rd	Aurora	60506	Kane County	Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(630) 907-5053	656	32	20.5	—	155 (23.6%)	60 (9.1%)	82 (12.5%)	328 (50.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.1%)	99.9	1^st of 620 public high schools	99.8%		99.8	1^st of 698 public high schools	99.9%			99.6		99.1		98.3	98.9	99.5	98.4
West Aurora High School RSSP	Public	6-12	1870 W Galena Blvd	Aurora	60506	Kane County	Kane ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(630) 232-5963	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
SUCCESS Academy	Public	6-12	1870 W Galena Blvd	Aurora	60506	Kane County	Kane ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(630) 301-5050	0	13	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
West Aurora High School	Public	9-12	1201 W New York St	Aurora	60506	Kane County	Aurora West Unified School District 129	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 301-5600	3,641	225	16.1	49.7%	701 (19.3%)	384 (10.5%)	2,350 (64.5%)	92 (2.5%)	5 (0.1%)	4 (0.1%)	105 (2.9%)	28.9	458^th of 620 public high schools	26.1%		42.6	413^th of 698 public high schools	40.8%	45	51.0	34.9	32.4	21.7	38.7	31.6	38.4	29.1	37.1	99.3%		$18,712	$1,211	$17,501

Cities Near Zip Code 60506

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Aurora	0.31 mi	55	568^th
Montgomery	2.15 mi	5	606^th
North Aurora	3 mi	4	557^th
Oswego	4.16 mi	15	261^st
Sugar Grove	4.72 mi	2	241^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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