Summary:
Zip code 60559 has one middle school, Westmont Junior High School, serving grades 6–8 with 302 students, in Cusd 201. With only one school in the list, there is no meaningful local top-to-bottom comparison. The most important finding is that Westmont scored above statewide proficiency in every reported subject in 2025–2026.
Westmont’s all-grades ELA proficiency was 86%, compared with 56% statewide, a 29-point advantage; its math proficiency was 65% versus 40%, a 25-point advantage. In eighth-grade science, it scored 73% versus 52% statewide, a 22-point advantage. Its results were more mixed against its district: ELA was 6 points higher than the district’s 80%, math was 3 points lower than the district’s 68%, and eighth-grade science matched the district at 73%. Seventh-grade math was a particular standout: 79% proficiency, 39 points above the state’s 40%.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: all-grades ELA rose 8 points and math rose 5, while eighth-grade science increased 11 points. The school’s advantage over the state also widened by 5 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 4 in science. SchoolDigger rankings moved from 196th of 1,363 schools (86th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 100th of 1,126 (91st percentile) in 2025–2026. Reported chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 5%, compared with 6% in the district and 24% statewide. For context, Westmont’s student-teacher ratio was 12 in 2024–2025, and 32% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.
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