Summary:
ZIP code 60620 has 22 schools: 16 elementary schools, most serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and 6 high schools; Perspectives Charter - Leadership Academy serves grades 6–12. In the latest reported elementary results, the equal-weight school averages were 36% in ELA and 20% in math, compared with statewide results of 56% and 40%. The clearest area-wide finding is that elementary proficiency averages are about 20 percentage points below the state in both subjects.
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center is the standout: its 2025–2026 results were 92% in all-grades ELA and 83% in math, far above the state’s 56% and 40%; SchoolDigger ranks it 33rd of 1,737 Illinois schools, in the 98th percentile. Turner-Drew Elementary Language Academy was second in all-grades ELA at 52%, though its 28% math result was below the state. At the lower end, Cook Elementary School had 14% ELA, and its math result was not reported; Oglesby Elementary School had the lowest reported math result, 7%. Among reported high-school scores, Noble St Charter-Hansberry College Prep - Silver led several comparisons, including grade 11 ACT ELA at 23%, still 27 points below the state. YCCS-Community Youth Dev Inst High School stands out for weaker completion and attendance measures: 36% graduation, 27% dropout, and 93% chronic absenteeism.
Elementary progress is mixed: average ELA rose from 33% in 2024–2025 to 36% in 2025–2026, while the state rose from 53% to 56%, so the local gap edged wider. Harvard gained 11 percentage points in ELA, Fort Dearborn 10, and LEARN 10; in math, Lenart gained 12 points and Ryder 10, while Turner-Drew fell 8. School size and student-teacher ratio do not neatly predict results: Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Special School has a 10.8-to-1 ratio but results below Lenart’s, whose ratio is 16.6 to 1. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 were 40% at Lenart, 92% at Ryder, and 78% at Turner-Drew; these figures alone do not explain school results.
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