Summary:
Zip code 60805 has six schools: four elementary schools, Central Middle School and Evergreen Park High School, serving elementary through high-school grades. The clearest difference among the elementary schools is in all-grades math: results range from 26% at Northeast Elementary School to 65% at Southwest Elementary School. That 39-point spread is the most important finding for families comparing schools in the area.
Southwest Elementary School leads the elementary schools in 2025–2026 all-grades ELA and math, with 66% and 65%; those scores are 9 and 24 points above the average of the other three elementary schools. Northeast Elementary School is lowest in both subjects, with 53% in ELA and 26% in math; its math result is 29 points below the other three schools’ average. Southeast Elementary School is also strong, at 66% in ELA and 50% in math, and leads elementary schools in fifth-grade science at 58%. At the high school, Evergreen Park’s 11th-grade ACT results exceed state results by 6 points in ELA, 12 in math and 4 in science. Central Middle’s results vary by grade: eighth-graders are above state results in ELA and science, while seventh-grade ELA and math are 16 and 15 points below.
Elementary ELA improved on average from 55% to 60% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math dipped from 48% to 47%; meanwhile, the state math result rose from 39% to 40%. Southeast’s SchoolDigger statewide percentile ranking rose from the 41st to the 64th percentile between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while Southwest’s fell from the 78th to the 68th, despite its math score increasing. Other context does not sort neatly with results: elementary student–teacher ratios range from 9.9 to 13.3, and free/reduced lunch eligible measures for sy 2024–2025 range from 18% to 53%. Southeast’s measure is 50%, close to Northeast’s 53%, yet Southeast scores higher in both all-grades subjects.
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