Summary:
ZIP code 60544 has nine schools—six elementary, two middle, and one high school—serving students from elementary through high school. The schools’ results vary considerably, so area-wide averages can hide important differences between individual schools. The clearest takeaway is the wide gap between elementary schools: Walkers Grove’s results are especially high, while Lakewood Falls is below state rates in both all-grades subjects.
Walkers Grove Elementary School led the elementary schools in 2025–26 with 86% proficiency in ELA and 80% in math; its leads over the next-highest schools were 9 points in ELA and 20 in math. It also had the top fifth-grade science result, 76%, and a five-star rating and 96th-percentile ranking from SchoolDigger. At the other end, Lakewood Falls Elementary School had the lowest elementary results: 54% in ELA and 38% in math, about 2 points below state rates in each. Among middle schools, Richard Ira Jones Middle School led Indian Trail Middle School by 16 points in ELA and 12 in math. Plainfield High School had a mixed profile: its 11th-grade ACT results were above state rates in all three subjects, while its reported 9th- and 10th-grade PreACT results were below state rates in every subject.
Elementary results improved unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26. The group’s average ELA result rose 3 points, matching the state’s increase, while average math was essentially flat as the state rate rose about 1 point. For example, Walkers Grove’s math result increased 11 points, while Lincoln Elementary’s fell 11. SchoolDigger ranked Jones at the 80th percentile statewide, while Indian Trail was at the 55th. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 22% at both Walkers Grove and Lincoln and 51% at Lakewood Falls; these figures do not explain the schools’ results. Lincoln’s ELA and science results were comparatively strong, while its math result was lower than those of Walkers Grove and Central Elementary School.
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