Learn Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus, Great Lakes IL

Original Research by School Decision on Learn Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus

LEARN Charter School 6 North Chicago Campus serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Great Lakes, a naval military installation in Lake County. The school sits in a unique context: it operates as a charter school within North Chicago School District 187, and its families include a substantial share with connections to nearby Naval Station Great Lakes, the Navy's only enlisted boot camp.

The school enrolls a small student body for its grade span. About a third of the students are Hispanic, about a quarter are Black, and the remainder are distributed across other racial and ethnic groups. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and information about the share of students with individualized education plans or English learner status is also missing, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about those populations.

In English language arts, performance shows strength in the middle grades and some softness in the elementary years. Proficiency in third and fourth grade runs below the midpoint—in third grade roughly two in five students, in fourth grade closer to three in five. By sixth grade, proficiency climbs to roughly two out of three students, and seventh grade sustains similar performance. Eighth grade drops slightly, to about half. Science proficiency, assessed in fifth and eighth grades, is notably lower—roughly one in three students in each tested grade meet proficiency.

Mathematics presents a similar picture but with more evident weakness in the upper elementary. Third and fourth graders show proficiency rates in the low to mid range. Fifth grade proficiency falls substantially, to about one in four students. Sixth grade sits near one in three. Seventh grade improves to about half, and eighth grade settles just under four in ten.

Overall, the school's proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades sits below the midpoint among Lake County districts. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what support structures exist for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards, particularly in math in the elementary grades and in science across the span.

The school is part of a district in transition. After more than a decade of state oversight, North Chicago School District 187 is transitioning back to an elected school board, restoring local parent and community voice. The district has also adopted a new structured K-5 English language arts curriculum with multi-tiered supports for students below grade level and has rolled out the Marzano High Reliability Schools framework, which emphasizes safe culture, effective teaching, and equitable curriculum. Forrestal Elementary, a new facility opened in 2026 specifically for military-connected families at Naval Station Great Lakes, is now serving that population—about one in four of the district's students.

LEARN Charter 6 serves families seeking a charter option in a school district serving a military-connected community. The testing data shows the school faces real instructional challenges, particularly in elementary mathematics and science. The recent curricular adoption and HRS framework rollout suggest the district is taking that seriously. For families considering this school, understanding what happens for a student who is not meeting grade level in math in the elementary years, and whether the school's specific instructional approach aligns with their expectations, would be important questions to ask directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 22% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 21% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 12% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 12% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 17% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 18% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 25% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 22% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 29% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 668%

School 68% · District 34% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 765%

School 65% · District 28% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 30% · ▲ 23 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 15% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 24% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

This schoolNorth Chicago SD 187, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.