Summary:
Zip code 60950 has one elementary school, Manteno Elementary School, serving PK–4 and enrolling 694 students. In 2025–2026, 62% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 56% statewide; in math, 57% were proficient, compared with 40% statewide. The school was above the state in both subjects, with its clearest advantage in math: a 17-point lead.
There is no local top or bottom school to compare because the list contains only one school. The school was above state results in both tested grades and subjects: its leads were 8 points in grade 3 ELA, 12 in grade 4 ELA, 12 in grade 3 math, and 10 in grade 4 math. It did not lead its district in every subject: Manteno CUSD 5 had a 67% ELA rate, 6 points above the school, while the school’s math rate was 9 points above the district’s. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 10% at the school, compared with 15% in the district and 24% statewide.
Results changed differently by subject, and the school’s advantage over the state narrowed. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Manteno’s ELA proficiency rose 2 points while the state’s rose 3; the school’s lead narrowed from 6 points to 5. Manteno’s math proficiency fell 4 points while the state’s rose 1, narrowing the school’s lead from 22 points to 17. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 74th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 64th in 2025–2026, and its rating changed from 4 stars to 3. Context for families: the school had a 13:1 student–teacher ratio and 34% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–2025; these figures alone do not explain test results.
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