Summary:
Four elementary schools serve ZIP code 60607, with all four serving grades 3–8; Skinner Elementary School also serves prekindergarten, while the others begin at kindergarten. In 2025–2026, every school’s all-grades English language arts (ELA) and math proficiency was above the state result, though the size of the advantage varied. On average, the schools were 19 percentage points above the state in ELA and 16 points above in math. The key takeaway is that results are strong overall compared with the state, but that advantage is much narrower in math at some schools.
STEM Magnet Academy Elementary led all-grades ELA at 82%, about 2 points above Skinner, and eighth-grade science at 83%, 10 points above the next school. Skinner led all-grades math at 67%, 8 points above STEM, and fifth-grade science at 66%, 6 points above STEM. At the other end, Galileo Elementary Math & Sci Schol Acd had the lowest all-grades ELA (67%) and math (43%), though both were still above state results. Chicago World Language Academy had a sharp grade-level contrast: it led seventh-grade ELA and math, but fifth-grade math was 23%, below the state’s 36%.
Recent movement differed by subject: the four-school ELA average rose about 4 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the math average fell about 1 point; eighth-grade science rose 14 points on average. SchoolDigger rated Skinner 5 stars (rank 122 of 1,737), and rated STEM, World Language, and Galileo 3 stars each. Student–teacher ratios ranged from 13.8 at Galileo to 18.6 at Skinner. The schools’ reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 ranged from 22% at Skinner to 50% at STEM; STEM led ELA and eighth-grade science, while Galileo had the lowest all-grades scores despite a similar 48% share. These measures offer context, but do not line up in a simple pattern with results.
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