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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 61078


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433
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Top rankedEastland Elementary School589th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools
Summary:

Zip code 61078 has one listed school, Eastland Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 with 433 students in Eastland CUSD 308. With only one school listed, there is no school-to-school comparison. The most important finding is that Eastland’s 2025–2026 results were above state proficiency rates in every reported subject and grade: overall ELA was 62% versus 56% statewide, math was 56% versus 40%, and fifth-grade science was 59% versus 48%.

Within Eastland, third-grade math and sixth-grade ELA stand out most, while fourth-grade results show smaller leads over the state. Third-grade math proficiency was 70% compared with 49% statewide, a 20-point advantage; sixth-grade ELA was 77% versus 59%, an 18-point advantage. Every reported grade-level result was above its state comparison, but fourth-grade ELA was closer: 59% versus 56%, a 3-point lead. Fourth-grade math was 47% versus 42%, a 5-point lead. The school’s grade-level results ranged from 54% to 77% in ELA and 47% to 70% in math.

Results declined between the two reported years, even as Eastland remained ahead of the state. Overall ELA fell 4 points, from 66% in 2024–2025 to 62% in 2025–2026, and math fell 4 points, from 60% to 56%; fifth-grade science fell 9 points, from 69% to 59%. Eastland’s state lead narrowed by 8 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 16 in science. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 90th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 66th in 2025–2026. Other useful context: chronic absenteeism was 7% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide; in 2024–2025, 47% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the student-teacher ratio was 14.3, and spending per student was $13,498.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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