Summary:
Zip code 61350 has nine schools: six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Eight report 2025–2026 IAR results, while Ottawa Township High School reports ACT and PreACT results. The elementary and middle schools’ average results were 61% in ELA and 43% in math, compared with state figures of 56% and 40%; however, only four of the eight schools exceeded the state in ELA and three did so in math. The most important takeaway is that area averages conceal large differences between schools.
Rutland Elementary School had the highest All Grades results, at 88% in ELA and 80% in math; its math score was 20 points above Wallace Elementary School, the next-highest school. Wallace stands out among schools with recent SchoolDigger rankings: it was in the 84th percentile and received four stars, and its fifth-grade science result of 77% was 29 points above the state. At the lower end, Lincoln Elementary School had the lowest ELA result, 39%, while Shepherd Middle School had the lowest math result, 23%. Lincoln’s SchoolDigger ranking was in the 17th percentile, with one star.
Recent trends differ by subject and school: the eight-school average in ELA fell by 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 as the state result rose by 3, while the math average rose by 1 point, matching the state’s increase. Individual results also diverged: Wallace gained 7 ELA points, while Deer Park C C Elementary School fell 19. McKinley Elementary School also compares favorably with nearby, same-grade-span schools: it scored 69% in ELA and 48% in math, ahead of Lincoln by 30 and 20 points, respectively. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 41% at McKinley and 69% at Lincoln; their student-teacher ratios were 14.8 and 13.1. At Ottawa Township High School, 2025–2026 11th-grade ACT math was 27%, 13 points below the state.
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