Summary:
Zip code 60516 has six elementary schools with 2,088 students: five serve kindergarten through grade 6, Indian Trail Elementary School also serves pre-K, and Prairieview Elementary School serves grades 3–5; five schools are in Downers Grove GSD 58 and Prairieview is in Center Cass School District 66. In 2025–26, the schools’ average results exceeded state results in English language arts (ELA), math, and fifth-grade science by 13, 24, and 18 percentage points, respectively. The clearest overall finding is that Hillcrest Elementary School leads all three measures.
Hillcrest scored 84% in ELA, 78% in math, and 81% in science—28, 39, and 34 points above the state. It also beat the average of the other five schools by 18 points in ELA and math and 19 points in science. Fairmount Elementary School is a strong second, with 81% in ELA, 72% in math, and 78% in science, all among the group’s top two results; its chronic absenteeism was 5%, compared with 24% statewide. At the lower end, Indian Trail had the lowest ELA and science results, 58% and 51%, just 2 and 4 points above state results. Kingsley Elementary School had the lowest math result at 53%, though that was 14 points above the state.
Recent changes are mixed: Prairieview improved in all three measures from 2024–25 to 2025–26, gaining 13 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 3 in science, while El Sierra Elementary School rose 26 points in science. SchoolDigger ranked Hillcrest 72nd of 1,737 schools (96th percentile, five stars) and Fairmount 138th (92nd percentile, five stars). A lower student-teacher ratio did not consistently accompany stronger results: Indian Trail’s was 9.8 in 2024–25, compared with 16.2 at Hillcrest and 17.4 at Fairmount. Five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2021–22, ranging from 8% at Hillcrest to 35% at Indian Trail; Prairieview’s 18% figure is for 2024–25. Because schools serve different grades, grade-specific results may be more useful for comparing a child’s particular grade.
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