Summary:
Zip code 60558 has four schools in Western Springs School District 101, serving prekindergarten or kindergarten through grade 8, with 1,416 students enrolled. For fair comparisons, the three elementary schools are considered together, while McClure Junior High School is compared with middle-grade state results. The most important finding is that every school’s reported proficiency results are above the corresponding state benchmarks.
Among elementary schools, Forest Hills Elementary School leads all-grades ELA at 88%, while John Laidlaw Elementary School is lowest at 84%; the difference is 4 percentage points, and all three schools are well above the state’s 56%. In math, Field Park Elementary School leads at 82%, 15 points ahead of Forest Hills at 67%; the state result is 40%. Field Park also leads grade 5 science at 85%, compared with Laidlaw’s 76% and the state’s 48%. McClure reports 92% in ELA and 74% in math, respectively 35 and 34 points above the middle-grade state results.
Recent elementary results improved in ELA but edged down in math: the three-school ELA average rose 5 points, from 81% to 86%, while the math average fell 1 point, from 75% to 74%. Laidlaw’s ELA rose 14 points, while Forest Hills’ math fell 9; grade 5 math also varies widely, from Field Park’s 78% to Forest Hills’ 52%. SchoolDigger awards all four schools five stars; its statewide rankings place Field Park at the 97th percentile, Laidlaw at the 94th, Forest Hills at the 92nd, and McClure at the 96th in its middle-school ranking. Student-teacher ratios are similar, from 11.7 to 12.2 in 2024–2025. All four schools reported about 1% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2021–2022, a useful point of context rather than an explanation for test results.
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