Summary:
ZIP code 60655 has one listed high school, Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, serving grades 9–12; it enrolls 827 students, and the list offers no other local high school for comparison. In 2025–2026, its grade 11 ACT and grades 9–10 PreACT Secure results were mixed, but mathematics was the clearest concern: proficiency was below the state in all three grades, with the largest gap in grade 10.
The school’s strongest current result relative to the state was grade 9 ELA: 71% proficient compared with 62% statewide, a 9-point advantage. Its largest shortfall was grade 10 mathematics, at 13% versus 36%, a 23-point gap; grade 9 mathematics was also 15 points below the state. Other results varied: grade 11 ACT ELA was 3 points above the state, while grade 11 ACT mathematics and science were 9 and 4 points below. Grade 10 science was 16 points below the state, while grade 9 science was 4 points below.
Results changed unevenly over time: grade 9’s position relative to the state improved in all three subjects, while grade 10 fell behind in all three. Grade 11 ACT mathematics proficiency rose 4 points from the prior year, but science fell 13 points and ELA fell 4. Across the nine matched results, the school’s average was 5 points below the state in 2024–2025 and 7 points below in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger listed the school at the 40th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 54th percentile and 3 stars the previous year. Graduation was 91%, about 1 point above the state, while chronic absenteeism was 35%, 12 points higher. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 15.3, and 58% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Since this ZIP code has only one listed school, the figures describe that school rather than a choice among local schools.
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