Summary:
Zip code 60649 has two high schools: South Shore International College Prep High School and Art in Motion Charter School; both serve grades 9–12, and Art in Motion also serves grades 7–8. The clearest finding is that South Shore scored higher on every reported 2025–26 ELA and science test that can be matched between the schools.
South Shore stands out in those comparisons, leading Art in Motion by 23–36 percentage points across three matched ELA tests and 15–19 points across three matched science tests. South Shore’s 11th-grade ACT ELA score was 61%, 12 points above the state; Art in Motion scored 25%, 25 points below the state on that test, and its reported ELA and science results were below state results in every listed grade. Across South Shore’s three high-school grades, its average was 59% in ELA versus 55% statewide, but 29% in math versus 39% and 35% in science versus 48%. Art in Motion’s matched math scores are state-suppressed, so a current school-to-school math comparison cannot be made.
Results are mixed over time rather than steadily rising: South Shore’s 11th-grade ACT ELA and math increased from 57% to 61% and 36% to 45% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while its 9th-grade ELA and math declined. Art in Motion’s 8th-grade science rose 13 points, but its 9th- and 10th-grade science scores fell 14 and 17 points. SchoolDigger ranks South Shore 365th of 620 schools (41st percentile, 2 stars) and Art in Motion 566th (9th percentile, 0 stars); both improved in percentile from 2023–24 but dipped in the latest year. Enrollment is similar, at 625 and 602, while 2024–25 student–teacher ratios were 14.2 and 21.5. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 73% at South Shore and 79% at Art in Motion. South Shore’s graduation rate was 87% versus Art in Motion’s 84%, but its chronic absenteeism was higher, at 69% versus 49%.
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