Summary:
ZIP code 60653 has 12 schools—eight elementary schools and four high schools—with Perspectives Charter–IIT Campus also serving grades 6–8; all are part of Chicago Public Schools District 299. Elementary results are below state averages: schools with reported 2025–2026 IAR results averaged 33% in ELA versus 56% statewide, and 19% in math versus 40%. The most urgent area-wide concern is high-school attendance: chronic absenteeism averaged 74% across the four high schools, compared with 24% statewide.
Results vary considerably by school and subject. Univ of Chicago Charter–Nth Kenwood led reported elementary All Grades math at 34%, ahead of Donoghue at 26%; Wells Preparatory was a bright spot in upper-grade ELA, with 61% in grade 6, 60% in grade 7, and 69% in grade 8, each above the state. At the lower end, Woodson South had the lowest reported elementary ELA score, 18%, and Ariel the lowest reported math score, 7%. Among high schools, King College Prep had the strongest reported grade 11 ACT ELA and science results, though all three of its ACT results were below state averages. Perspectives had low PreACT ELA results: 28% in grade 9 and 25% in grade 10.
Across the same nine schools with ELA results in both years, the average rose from 31% in 2024–2025 to 33% in 2025–2026, but the gap with the state widened by about 1 point. Individual changes were larger: Perspectives gained 16 points and Mollison gained 12, while Wells fell 12 points and Woodson fell 7. The comparable math average was essentially flat as the state improved. For context, all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for sy 2024–2025; the average was 81%, ranging from 68% to 94%. Reported student-teacher ratios averaged 14.5, from 9.3 to 21.6; these measures offer context but do not by themselves explain school results. Some current test scores were suppressed, so the lowest scores cited are the lowest reported.
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