Summary:
ZIP code 60647 has 14 schools: 13 elementary schools, mostly serving PK–8, and one high school, Marine Leadership Academy - Ames. In 2025–26, the elementary schools’ average proficiency was 42% in ELA and 24% in math, below state results of 56% and 40%. The most important finding is how uneven results are: elementary-school scores spanned 48 percentage points in ELA and 44 points in math.
Pulaski International School of Chicago led in both subjects, with 69% proficiency in ELA and 52.3% in math; Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy was close behind at 68% and 52.2%. At the other end, McAuliffe Elementary School had the lowest ELA result at 22%, 35 points below the state, while Yates Elementary School had the lowest math result at 9%, 31 points below the state. Chase Elementary School also stands out: it ranked second in ELA and third in math among the elementary schools, and led reported 8th-grade science results at 71%.
Elementary averages improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 2.8 points, while math rose 2 points; the state math result rose 1 point. SchoolDigger rankings also show differing paths: Chase climbed from the 37th to the 55th percentile, while Pulaski moved from the 74th to the 76th. Results do not line up neatly with school size or the reported income measure: Chase enrolled 415 students and scored well, while Yates enrolled 268 and had the lowest math result. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible for sy 2024–2025: 54% at Chase and 88% at Yates. Marine’s graduation rate was 93%, above the state’s 90%, while its 11th-grade ACT proficiency was below state results in ELA, math, and science; high-school and elementary test results are not directly comparable.
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