Summary:
Zip code 60542 includes four schools in North Aurora—three elementary schools and one middle school serving PK–8—with 1,658 students in Aurora West Unified School District 129. In 2025–2026, the schools averaged 45% proficiency in all-grades ELA, compared with 56% statewide, a 12-point gap; in math, the average was 37% versus 40% statewide, a 3-point gap. ELA is the clearest area-wide concern.
Strengths vary by subject: Fearn Elementary led in all-grades math at 47%, 8 points above the state and 21 points above the group’s lowest result, Jewel Middle at 26%. Jewel led in ELA at 49%, though it was 7 points below the state. Schneider Elementary had the lowest ELA result, 37%. In fifth-grade science, Goodwin Elementary scored 52% and Fearn 50%, above the 48% state result; Schneider scored 38%, 10 points below. Goodwin also had the highest recent SchoolDigger statewide ranking among the four, at the 44th percentile.
Results improved or held steady at every school in both ELA and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the four-school averages rose 3 points in ELA and 2 in math. Yet SchoolDigger’s three-year percentile position rose 4 points for Goodwin and fell 12 for Fearn, 16 for Jewel and 7 for Schneider, showing that score gains and statewide rank can move differently. Class size measures alone do not sort results: Schneider had the lowest student-teacher ratio, 12.0, but the lowest ELA result; Fearn had the highest ratio, 16.9, and the strongest math result. Reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 ranged from 32% at Fearn to 52% at Schneider; these figures are context, not an explanation of performance.
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