Schools in Zip Code 60954

Zip code 60954 has three schools in the Momence area, serving kindergarten through grade 12: Je-Neir Elementary School (K–4), Momence Junior High School (5–8) and Momence High School (9–12). Across the two K–8 schools, average proficiency was 40% in ELA and 31% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide—gaps of 17 and 9 percentage points. Sixth-grade math at the junior high was a modest exception, at 37% versus 36% statewide; the high school’s reported subject results were all below state results. The main area-wide concern is that proficiency is below the state in nearly every reported grade and subject.

Momence Junior High leads the comparable all-grades results: 42% in ELA and 33% in math, versus 38% and 29% at Je-Neir, a lead of 4 percentage points in each subject. The junior high’s overall lead masks weaker later-grade ELA results: proficiency was 31% in grade 7 and 35% in grade 8, with state gaps of 26 and 28 points. Momence High has a positive counterpoint in its 92% graduation rate, 2 points above the state, but its grade 11 ACT results were 21 points below state ELA, 24 below in math and 16 below in science.

Recent changes favor the junior high: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, its ELA proficiency rose 13 points and math rose 5, narrowing both state gaps. Je-Neir’s ELA rose 6 points, but its math fell 1 point and its math gap widened. High school trends vary by grade: grade 9 PreACT results rose in all three subjects, while grade 11 ACT ELA and math fell 9 and 4 points. SchoolDigger ranks all three in the lower part of their statewide groups—25th percentile for the junior high and 17th for the other two—and gives each one star; all three percentile rankings fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26. Enrollment is similar, as are 2024–25 student–teacher ratios (12.6–12.8). The reported low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, ranges from 63% at the high school to 75% at Je-Neir; these figures are context, not an explanation of school results.