Summary:
ZIP code 60616 has 13 schools: nine elementary schools, generally serving preschool or kindergarten through eighth grade, and four high schools; Perspectives Charter–Joslin Campus serves grades 6–12. The elementary schools’ 2025–2026 average was 54% in all-grades ELA, slightly below the 56% state rate, and 49% in math, above the 40% state rate. High-school outcomes vary too: graduation rates range from 56% at YCCS–McKinley-Lakeside Leadership Academy to about 90% at Joslin, while chronic absenteeism ranges from 42.9% to 91.3%. The most important takeaway is that results differ sharply from school to school, so ZIP-code averages can hide very different options.
South Loop Elementary School leads elementary all-grades ELA at 84%, compared with 15% at James R. Doolittle Academy; the 69-point spread underscores how uneven results are. Haines Elementary School leads math at 73%, while John J. Pershing STEAM Magnet Elementary has the lowest reported result at 6%. Other standouts vary by grade: Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy has 75% ELA and the highest reported eighth-grade ELA result, 93%; South Loop leads reported third-, fourth- and fifth-grade ELA results. Among high schools, Joslin’s graduation rate is close to the 90% state rate, while YCCS–McKinley-Lakeside is far lower and reports 31% dropout, versus 2% statewide.
Elementary averages improved slightly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose from 52% to 54%, while the state rate rose from 53% to 56%; math rose from 47% to 49%, matching the state’s increase. Individual schools did not all follow that pattern. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible rates for 2024–2025 were 28% at South Loop, 79% at Haines and 79% at Healy Elementary School; Healy also posted 70% ELA and 64% math in 2025–2026. These are contextual observations, not explanations of scores. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings place South Loop and Sheridan at the 87th and 86th percentiles, with Healy and Haines at the 78th. Some school- and grade-level scores are state-suppressed, so not every result can be compared.
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