Schools in Zip Code 60552

Zip code 60552 has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: James R Wood Elementary School (PK–4), Somonauk Middle School (5–8), and Somonauk High School (9–12). They enroll 771 students altogether, averaging 257 per school. The clearest academic standout is Somonauk Middle, whose latest all-grade IAR results were 76% in ELA and 66% in math, well above state rates of 56% and 40%.

Among the two schools with comparable all-grade IAR results, Somonauk Middle leads James R Wood by 20 points in ELA and 19 points in math. James R Wood is the lower-scoring of the pair, but its math result of 47% was still 8 points above the state; its ELA result was 55.8%, just below the state’s 56.3%. The high school’s results vary by exam and grade: its 11th-grade ACT science proficiency was 63%, 15 points above the state, and its graduation rate was 96%, 7 points above the state. These figures make the middle school the strongest consistent IAR performer, while the high school’s standout is ACT science.

Results have shifted over time: Somonauk Middle’s ELA proficiency fell 5 points from the prior year, while its math result slipped by 1 point; it nevertheless remained well above state levels. At the high school, ACT science rose 15 points, but several same-grade PreACT results declined, including 9th-grade science, down 24 points. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings put the middle school at the 85th percentile, the high school at the 69th, and James R Wood at the 50th. Student-teacher ratios are 15.5 at the middle school, compared with 10.4 at James R Wood and 10.7 at the high school. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 39% to 41% across the three schools, a narrow range that is useful context but does not explain differences in results. Chronic absenteeism was below the state rate at all three schools, ranging from 8% to 13%. Cross-school comparisons are most meaningful within similar grades and tests because the schools serve different grade spans.