Schools in Zip Code 61849

Zip code 61849 has one listed school, Heritage Junior High and Elementary School, serving kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 270 students. With no other listed schools, families can compare its results with Illinois, but not with local school peers. The most important overall finding is that Heritage’s 2025–26 all-grade results were above state levels in both ELA—68% versus 56%, a 12-point lead—and math—49% versus 40%, a 9-point lead.

Heritage is the area’s highest- and lowest-performing school by default, so a local ranking is not meaningful; its grade-level results show both standout strengths and closer comparisons with the state. ELA was strongest in sixth grade, at 88% proficient versus 59% statewide, a 29-point advantage; the smallest known ELA lead was in fifth grade, where results were 57% versus 55%, a 2-point gap. In math, seventh grade led the reported comparisons at 65% versus 40%, a 25-point advantage. Sixth-grade math was nearly level with the state: 36.4% versus 36.3%, a 0.1-point lead. Chronic absenteeism was also lower than the state and district figures: 18%, compared with 24% statewide and 20% districtwide.

Heritage’s lead over the state grew from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in both all-grade subjects: the ELA gap widened from 7 to 12 points, and the math gap from 5 to 9 points. Science trends differed by grade: the fifth-grade lead narrowed from 4 to 3 points, while the eighth-grade lead grew from 6 to 15 points. SchoolDigger ranked Heritage 651st of 1,737 schools, in the 63rd percentile with 3 stars, in 2025–26. Context figures include a 10.5 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 44% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; these figures do not indicate how Heritage compares with similar local schools.