Best Public Schools in Zip Code 60450


Summary:

The 60450 zip code area is home to 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The data reveals a mix of high-performing and lower-performing schools in this area, with Nettle Creek Elementary School standing out as an exceptional outlier, while the other schools show more varied results.

Nettle Creek Elementary School is a small school with just 81 students, but it consistently ranks in the top 10% of Illinois elementary schools. In 2023-2024, 55.4% of its students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 48.2% were proficient in math, both well above the state averages. The school also has very low chronic absenteeism at 5.3% and a very low free/reduced lunch rate of 3.7%. In contrast, Saratoga Elementary School and White Oak Elementary show more varied performance, with Saratoga ranking in the top 30% of Illinois elementary schools and White Oak lagging behind.

At the high school level, Morris Community High School ranks in the top 20% of Illinois high schools, with a strong 93.2% 4-year graduation rate and a low 1.6% dropout rate. The middle school, Shabbona Middle School, performs reasonably well, with 48.8% of students proficient in ELA and 20.7% in math, though still below state averages. Overall, the data suggests that while there are some high-performing schools in the 60450 zip code area, there is also room for improvement, particularly at the lower-performing schools.








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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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