Schools in Zip Code 60642

Zip code 60642 has seven schools—four high schools and three elementary schools—serving 3,635 students across elementary and high school grades. High-school averages trail Illinois by 16 points in grade-11 ACT English language arts and 18 points in science; average PreACT math results are 20 points below the state in grade 9 and 22 points below in grade 10. Elementary all-grades averages are 20% in English language arts versus 56% statewide, and 10% in math versus 40% among the two schools with reported results. The most important finding is that proficiency is generally well below state levels, especially in math, though individual schools show areas of strength.

Noble St Charter-Noble Campus is the broadest high-school standout: it leads five of the six grade-9 and grade-10 PreACT comparisons and ACT science, and its grade-10 science result (49%) is just above the state’s 48%. Ogden Intermediate High School leads ACT English language arts (46%), while Noble St Charter Rauner College Prep leads grade-9 PreACT English (57%). Noble St Charter-Golder College Prep is often at the low end, including the lowest reported English and math results in both PreACT grades. In elementary results, Rowe Elementary leads all-grades English (24%), 9 points above Lozano Elementary Bilingual & International Center (15%); Otis Elementary School has the highest reported math result, though it is close to Rowe’s.

Recent changes are mixed: the high-school ACT English average fell 8 points as the state result fell 2, while the grade-10 PreACT science average rose 6 points as the state fell 1. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 percentile rankings place Noble Campus at the 32nd percentile, compared with Golder at the 15th, Rauner at the 18th and Ogden at the 19th; Rowe is at the 1st percentile. School context measures vary too: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 73% at Noble Campus and 89% at Golder; elementary rates ranged from 68% at Rowe to 83% at Otis. Ogden’s student-teacher ratio is 5, compared with 14.8–15.8 at the other high schools, but its results vary by subject. Lozano’s math result and Rauner’s ACT math result are suppressed, so they cannot be compared.