Summary:
ZIP code 60644 has 10 elementary schools serving students through grade 8; eight begin in prekindergarten and two in kindergarten. Results vary considerably from school to school, but the broad picture is that all-grades proficiency is well below state results: the schools’ equal-school averages are 26% in ELA and 12% in mathematics, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. The most important finding is that even the strongest all-grades results do not reach the state level.
Catalyst Charter-Circle Rock Elementary School stands out in ELA, with 52% proficiency—38 percentage points above the lowest reported result, 14% at Nash Elementary, and just 5 points below the state. Moving Everest Charter School leads reported all-grades mathematics at 21%, while Ellington Elementary School is lowest at 5%; Nash’s mathematics result was suppressed, so it cannot be ranked. Catalyst also led reported fifth-grade science at 47%, nearly matching the state’s 48%. No school reached the Chicago district’s 29% all-grades mathematics result, and Catalyst was the only school above the district in ELA.
Change has been mixed: the ELA average rose by 1 percentage point from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state rose by 3; mathematics rose by 2 points among the same nine schools with reported results, compared with a 1-point state increase. SchoolDigger rankings also diverged: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Spencer Technology Academy Elementary School rose 14 percentile points and Moving Everest rose 8, while KIPP Academy Chicago Campus fell 11. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–25 ranged from 76% at Depriest Elementary School to 96% at Leland Elementary School; Moving Everest’s share was 91% despite its leading reported math result. These figures describe school context, not the cause of results.
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