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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 60626

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At a glance

Schools

3,699

Students

Top rankedChicago Math & Sci Elementary Charter423^rd of 620 Illinois high schools

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Biggest riser

Field Elementary School up 162 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Jordan Elementary Community School 11 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 60626 has seven schools serving students from elementary through high school, with results that vary substantially from school to school. In 2025–2026, the six schools with reported all-grades IAR English Language Arts scores averaged 34%, compared with 56% statewide; the five with reported math scores averaged 24%, compared with 40% statewide. The most important takeaway is that the area-wide averages conceal wide differences between schools, while both remain below state results.

Chicago Math & Sci Elementary Charter stood out in the reported comparisons: it led in all-grades ELA at 53% and in 11th-grade ACT math at 45%, and its 91% graduation rate was above the 90% state rate. At the other end, Gale Elementary Community Academy had the lowest reported ELA result, 11%; the gap between Gale and Chicago Math & Sci was 42 points. New Field Elementary School led reported all-grades math at 34%, six points below the state. Field Elementary School had a notable subject-specific strength: eighth-grade science was 48%, just four points below the state, despite its all-grades math score of 20%. Sullivan High School scored below Chicago Math & Sci on all three comparable 11th-grade ACT subjects; its ELA result was 10%, a 35-point difference.

Recent IAR averages improved modestly: the six-school ELA average rose from 30% in 2024–2025 to 34% in 2025–2026, and the five-school math average rose from 22% to 24%. Science trends differed by grade: the fifth-grade average barely changed, while the eighth-grade average gained 15 points, reaching 35%. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Chicago Math & Sci shifted from the 81st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 32nd in 2025–2026, a different signal from its one-year ELA improvement. All seven schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible, sy 2024–2025, with shares from 78% at Kilmer Elementary School to 91% at Field; these figures are context, not an explanation of results. Because schools serve different grade spans, comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Jordan Elementary Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	7414 N Wolcott Ave	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-2220	487	44	11.0	89.3%	37 (7.6%)	135 (27.7%)	243 (49.9%)	49 (10.1%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	17 (3.5%)	21.7	1345^th of 1737 public elementary schools	22.6%		29.4	1449^th of 2056 public elementary schools	29.5%	104										21.1	31.1	47.6	46.8	23.6	27.3	44.2	34.9	37.1	54.8	36.2	18.2				25.5	93.1%		$22,920	$1,894	$21,026
Field Elementary School	Public	5-8	7019 N Ashland Blvd	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-2030	151	13	11.3	91.4%	10 (6.6%)	49 (32.5%)	68 (45.0%)	7 (4.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.6%)	28.4	812^th of 1126 public middle schools	27.9%		27.4	974^th of 1368 public middle schools	28.8%	162										24.4	48.0			31.1		42.3	52.0	37.4			22.2				19.5	96.3%		$28,759	$1,855	$26,904
Gale Elementary Community Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1631 W Jonquil Ter	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-2100	345	30	11.5	82.6%	21 (6.1%)	201 (58.3%)	95 (27.5%)	16 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)								(n/a)																		11.0								90.9%		$33,009	$2,614	$30,395
Kilmer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6700 N Greenview Ave	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-2115	790	68	11.7	78.0%	121 (15.3%)	175 (22.2%)	330 (41.8%)	78 (9.9%)	10 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	74 (9.4%)	12.5	1550^th of 1737 public elementary schools	10.8%		26.7	1519^th of 2056 public elementary schools	26.1%	31										21.2	23.3	33.8	37.5	27.1	33.8	28.4	26.0	30.9	31.0	37.5	11.8		20.9	13.7	20.4	94.9%		$21,118	$1,490	$19,628
Sullivan High School	Public	9-12	6631 N Bosworth Ave	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-2000	762	59	12.9	77.6%	120 (15.7%)	236 (31.0%)	277 (36.4%)	87 (11.4%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.0%)	6.3	582^nd of 620 public high schools	6.1%		12.7	607^th of 698 public high schools	13.0%	25	30.0	21.7		11.9	20.3	24.5	10.3	9.8	14.4																	89.1%		$24,740	$2,337	$22,403
Chicago Math & Sci Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	7212 N Clark St	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 761-8960	623	44	14.1	87.8%	28 (4.5%)	280 (44.9%)	234 (37.6%)	68 (10.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	35.5	423^rd of 620 public high schools	31.8%		49.3	358^th of 698 public high schools	48.7%	65	59.1	48.6	27.0	20.0	25.2	33.3	45.3	45.3	36.8		35.5				41.3	55.1	57.9	52.6				21.7	20.4	22.4	21.6	95.5%		$20,441	$847	$19,595
New Field Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1707 W Morse Ave	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-2760	541	45	12.0	79.9%	69 (12.8%)	160 (29.6%)	229 (42.3%)	52 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.2%)	21.5	1352^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	22.2%		33.8	1346^th of 2056 public elementary schools	34.5%	6												42.6	31.0					36.7	47.1	21.1					33.8	98%		$22,697	$1,203	$21,494

Cities Near Zip Code 60626

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Chicago	0.07 mi	659	682^nd
Evanston	1.72 mi	21	145^th
Lincolnwood	2.94 mi	4	134^th
Skokie	3.09 mi	15	214^th
Morton Grove	5.23 mi	8	170^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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