Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 60527 include seven schools—three elementary and four middle schools—serving elementary and middle grades across several districts. Their 2025–26 results are mixed: the seven-school averages were 72% in ELA and 57% in math, above state results of 56% and 40%, respectively. But averages conceal large differences: school results span 51 percentage points in ELA and 72 points in math, so the most important takeaway is that performance varies sharply from school to school.
Elm Elementary School leads the group, with 87% proficient in ELA and 90% in math—31 and 51 points above state results. Pleasantdale Middle School is the strongest middle school in all-grades ELA at 86%, and leads the listed schools in grade 8 science at 86%. At the other end, Anne M Jeans Elementary School has the lowest all-grades results: 36% in ELA and 18% in math. Burr Ridge Middle School is also low in all-grades math at 20% and has the lowest reported science results in grades 5 and 8. SchoolDigger rates Elm and Pleasantdale five stars, at the 98th and 95th statewide percentiles; Anne M Jeans has one star and is at the 12th percentile.
Recent changes are uneven: the group’s ELA average was essentially unchanged from 2024–25, while its math average fell about 1 point; state averages rose about 3 points in ELA and 1 in math. Westview Hills Middle School improved by 7 points in ELA and 2 in math, and its SchoolDigger percentile rose from 82 to 85; Gower Middle School also gained in both subjects. Ratios vary from 9.0 students per teacher at Burr Ridge to 14.2 at Gower West Elementary School, showing that a lower ratio does not by itself indicate higher scores. For 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 18% at Pleasantdale, 45% at Westview Hills, 78% at Burr Ridge and 89% at Anne M Jeans; figures for Gower West, Gower Middle and Elm are from 2021–22 and are not directly comparable.
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