Summary:
ZIP code 60586 includes 10 schools: five elementary schools, four middle or intermediate schools, and one high school. In 2025–26, the elementary schools averaged 53% in IAR English language arts (ELA) and 35% in math, compared with state averages of 56% and 40%; the middle schools averaged 61% in ELA and 35% in math, versus 56% and 40% statewide. Middle-school ELA is a relative strength, but math results trail the state in both school groups. The clearest area-wide concern is that math proficiency is below the state average at both the elementary and middle-school levels.
River View Elementary School led elementary schools in both subjects, with 62.4% in ELA—just ahead of Ridge Elementary School at 62.1%—and 43% in math, 6 points above Ridge. Wesmere Elementary School was lowest, at 41% in ELA and 27% in math; the top-to-bottom gaps were 22 points in ELA and 16 in math. Among middle schools, Troy Middle School led ELA at 62.0%, narrowly ahead of Timber Ridge Middle School at 61.8%, and led math at 41%; Timber Ridge had the lowest middle-school math result at 29%. Grade 5 science also varied widely: Ridge scored 54% and Wesmere 34%.
Recent changes differ by subject: every elementary school improved in ELA, but math fell at four of the five; all four middle schools improved in math, while middle-school ELA rose at two and fell at two. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentiles declined for every school with a three-year history, including River View, which fell 16 percentile points, and Wesmere, which fell 24—though ranking changes do not necessarily mean raw scores declined. Contextual figures do not sort neatly with results: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 45% at Troy and 49% at Orenic Intermediate School, yet Orenic’s grade 6 results were above state averages in both subjects. At Plainfield South High School, graduation was 92% versus 90% statewide, but chronic absenteeism was 32% versus 24% statewide.
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