Summary:
ZIP code 60660 includes five Chicago Public Schools: four elementary schools serving through grade 8 and one high school serving grades 9–12. In 2025–2026, the four elementary schools averaged 45% proficiency in ELA and 28% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. Results varied by 27 percentage points from highest to lowest in each subject. The most important finding is that these elementary schools do not offer a uniform academic picture: school-level results differ substantially.
Peirce Elementary International Studies School stands out at the top: 60% of students were proficient in all-grade ELA and 40% in math, leading the other three elementary schools’ averages by 21 and 16 percentage points. Peirce was also slightly above the state in both subjects. At the other end, Asian Human Services–Passage Charter had the lowest all-grade results, at 33% in ELA and 13% in math—23 and 27 points below the state—and the highest elementary chronic absenteeism, at 54%. There are grade-specific bright spots: Swift Elementary Specialty School was above the state in grade 6 ELA and math by 5 and 9 points. At Senn High School, grade-11 ACT results were above district results but below state results in all three subjects; chronic absenteeism was 68%, compared with 24% statewide.
Elementary results improved from 2024–2025: the four-school average rose from 38% to 45% in ELA and from 23% to 28% in math, narrowing the gaps with the state to 12 points in each subject. Still, recent school rankings can shift: SchoolDigger’s percentile rank for Peirce rose from 66 in 2023–2024 to 67 the next year, then fell to 47 in 2025–2026. Context measures also differ: 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 34% at Peirce to 92% at Passage, while student-teacher ratios ranged from 11.3 at Swift to 15.5 at Senn. These are useful descriptions of school settings, not explanations for results.
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