Summary:
High schools in zip code 61529 include one school, Elmwood High School, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 208 students. Its 2025–26 results were above Illinois averages in every reported subject and grade comparison, making its consistent advantage over the state the area’s most important finding.
Because Elmwood is the only school in the list, there is no local top-to-bottom comparison; it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school here. Its strongest state advantage was 17 percentage points in ninth-grade PreACT Math, while its narrowest was 3 points in tenth-grade PreACT ELA. It also led the state by 12 points in 11th-grade ACT Math and 15 points in ACT Science, showing particularly strong results in math and science.
Results improved in most PreACT comparisons from 2024–25 to 2025–26, with ninth-grade ELA up 12 points and tenth-grade ELA up 7; the exception was ninth-grade science, down 5 points. On the ACT, math and science rose 4 points each, while ELA fell 10 points. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile rose from the 75th percentile in 2023–24 to the 83rd in 2025–26; comparison groups changed in size across years, so this is not a direct comparison of rank positions. Elmwood’s student–teacher ratio was 10.1 in 2024–25, and 28% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Its 2025–26 graduation rate was 93%, versus 90% statewide; chronic absenteeism was about the same as the state rate (23% versus 24%) and 8 points above the district rate. With just one school listed, comparisons are limited to state results and Elmwood’s own earlier results.
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