Summary:
Zip code 60615 has nine schools in Chicago Public Schools District 299: five elementary schools and four high schools, with listed grades spanning elementary school through grade 12. The most important finding is how sharply results differ by school: Kenwood Academy High School stands out on reported tests, while several elementary schools and Walter Henri Dyett High School for the Arts have much lower reported results.
Kenwood led the reported grade 8 results: its ELA score was 82%, 19 points above the state’s 63%; math was 59%, 24 points above the state’s 35%; and science was 79%, 27 points above the state’s 52%. Among elementary schools, Murray Elementary Language Academy had the strongest 2025–26 all-grade results, with 57% in ELA and 24% in math. The five elementary schools averaged 33% in ELA and 14% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. At the lower end, Burke Elementary School had the lowest ELA result at 12%, while Reavis Elementary Math & Sci Special School had the lowest math result at 7%. Dyett’s reported ACT ELA and science scores were both 16%, 34 and 32 points below the respective state results.
Recent elementary ELA changes were mixed: Shoesmith Elementary School rose 7 points and Murray rose 4, while Reavis fell 3, Kozminski Elementary Community Academy fell 2, and Burke was nearly unchanged. Together, the five schools’ average rose 1 point, less than the state’s 3-point increase. SchoolDigger ranked Kenwood at the 76th percentile and Dyett at the 4th percentile in 2025–26; Murray was at the 34th percentile. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible share ranged from 54% at Kenwood to 96% at Burke, while chronic absenteeism ranged from 42% at Kenwood to 78% at Dyett; these measures offer context, not explanations for test results.
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