Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 4.0Melrose Park’s public schools score below 83% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation
Reading proficiency in Melrose Park’s districts is 14%, below the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Melrose Park, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Melrose Park’s schools, in brief
Results trail the state
In spring 2021, 14% of tested students were proficient in reading and 13% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
88% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Proviso Township High School District 209 spends $19,566 per student and Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 $21,824, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Seven elementary schools, then three middle and five high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Melrose Park’s grade
C−: better than 17% of Illinois school districts, #663 of 768 Illinois towns. Graduation is above the Illinois average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Melrose Park, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Melrose Park · depends on your address
Stevenson Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 682 students · 10:1 students per teacher
Irving Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 515 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Maywood
Washington Dual Language Academy
Grades PK–8 · 346 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Maywood
7th grade in Melrose Park · depends on your address
Stevenson Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 682 students · 10:1 students per teacher
Irving Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 515 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Maywood
Washington Dual Language Academy
Grades PK–8 · 346 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Maywood
8th grade in Melrose Park · depends on your address
Stevenson Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 682 students · 10:1 students per teacher
Irving Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 515 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Maywood
Washington Dual Language Academy
Grades PK–8 · 346 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Maywood
Parts of Melrose Park (18%, 16%, 16% and 8% of its land) are served by Bellwood School District 88, Berkeley School District 87, Rhodes School District 84-5 and Mannheim School District 83 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Melrose Park
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Melrose Park vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Melrose Park’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Melrose Park | C− | Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 PK–8 · Proviso Township High School District 209 9–12 · Leyden Community High School District 212 9–12 |
| Stone Park | D | Bellwood School District 88 PK–8 · Berkeley School District 87 PK–8 · Proviso Township High School District 209 9–12 |
| Northlake | C− | Berkeley School District 87 PK–8 · Mannheim School District 83 PK–8 · Leyden Community High School District 212 9–12 |
| Franklin Park | C+ | Mannheim School District 83 PK–8 · Franklin Park School District 84 PK–8 · Leyden Community High School District 212 9–12 |
| River Grove | C | River Grove School District 85-5 PK–8 · Rhodes School District 84-5 PK–8 · Leyden Community High School District 212 9–12 |
| Maywood | C− | Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 PK–8 · Proviso Township High School District 209 9–12 |
| Bellwood | D | Bellwood School District 88 PK–8 · Proviso Township High School District 209 9–12 |
| Proviso | C | Proviso Township High School District 209 |
| River Forest | — | River Forest School District 90 PK–8 · Oak Park and River Forest District 200 9–12 |
| River Forest (village) | A+ | River Forest School District 90 PK–8 · Oak Park and River Forest District 200 9–12 |
| Berkeley | C− | Berkeley School District 87 PK–8 · Proviso Township High School District 209 9–12 |
6 of the 10 neighbors share Proviso Township High School District 209 with Melrose Park for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Melrose Park
14 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Melrose Park’s schools
Are Melrose Park’s schools good?
On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Melrose Park children attend score below 83% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #663 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 13%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Melrose Park in?
Proviso Township High School District 209, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 4,458 students in 3 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Melrose Park are served by Bellwood School District 88, Berkeley School District 87, Rhodes School District 84-5 and Mannheim School District 83.
Where do Melrose Park kids go to high school?
One of 5 high schools, depending on your address: Proviso West High School, East Leyden High School, West Leyden High School, Proviso East High School and Proviso Math and Science Academy.
What is Melrose Park’s graduation rate?
88% of the class of 2023 in Proviso Township High School District 209 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Melrose Park spend per student?
$19,566 in Proviso Township High School District 209, $21,824 in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 and $27,779 in Leyden Community High School District 212 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Melrose Park families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.