Summary:
ZIP code 60804 has 15 schools, serving elementary through high school: 11 elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school. Most are part of Cicero School District 99; J. Sterling Morton East High School is in J S Morton HSD 201. The clearest overall pattern is that elementary proficiency results are generally below state results: all 12 schools with reported All Grades ELA scores fell short, and 11 of 12 fell short in math. Their average results were 31% in ELA versus 56% statewide, a 26-point gap, and 25% in math versus 40%, a 15-point gap.
Abe Lincoln Elementary led elementary All Grades ELA at 46%, 7 points above Cicero East Elementary at 39%, but 11 points below the state. Liberty Elementary led in All Grades math at 39%, essentially level with the state’s 40% and 8 points ahead of Cicero East. At the lower end, Cicero West Elementary had the lowest ELA result, 20%, while Woodrow Wilson Elementary had the lowest math result, 16%. Results also vary by grade: Abe Lincoln’s fifth-grade ELA was 54%, close to the 55% state result. At the secondary level, Unity Junior High scored 35% in ELA and 19% in math, below state results of 56% and 40%; Morton East’s 11th-grade ACT results were also below state levels in ELA, math, and science.
Elementary averages declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell 2 percentage points and math fell 4, while state results rose 3 points in ELA and 1 in math. Still, four schools—Goodwin Elementary, Columbus East Elementary, Cicero East, and Drexel Elementary—improved in both subjects; Columbus West Elementary had the largest math decline, 20 points. SchoolDigger percentile rankings also fell over three years for Sherlock Elementary (37th to 8th), T. Roosevelt Elementary (30th to 7th), and Unity (25th to 8th). The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure ranged from 57% at Cicero West to 95% at Warren Park School; it does not sort schools into a clear performance order, as Abe Lincoln had the highest ELA result with a 92% measure.
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