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County rankings · Highest proficiency

Illinois: the counties with the highest-performing public schools

88 counties

Illinois counties ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 40.3%. Showing ranks 51 to 88.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudents% Proficient
51LaSalle CountyIL4414,52339.0%
52Hancock CountyIL122,70338.9%
53Morgan CountyIL194,44638.9%
54Sangamon CountyIL6727,34538.9%
55Adams CountyIL198,71738.7%
56Christian CountyIL184,74038.7%
57Kane CountyIL12987,25238.5%
58Fulton CountyIL214,16038.2%
59Lee CountyIL133,77838.1%
60Champaign CountyIL5625,91937.8%
61Livingston CountyIL215,27337.8%
62Peoria CountyIL6527,82737.7%
63De Witt CountyIL72,18537.6%
64DeKalb CountyIL3916,32837.6%
65Mason CountyIL92,12437.6%
66Crawford CountyIL102,68437.4%
67Franklin CountyIL195,52337.1%
68Coles CountyIL135,97337.0%
69Lawrence CountyIL61,96436.9%
70Randolph CountyIL133,87636.8%
71Cook CountyIL1,271697,93436.3%
72Marion CountyIL225,63636.0%
73Kankakee CountyIL3716,49935.8%
74Warren CountyIL102,78835.7%
75Knox CountyIL176,35935.5%
76Jackson CountyIL206,81134.9%
77McDonough CountyIL123,25034.3%
78Saline CountyIL153,70434.0%
79Stephenson CountyIL206,09233.8%
80Boone CountyIL168,99333.4%
81Jefferson CountyIL215,31432.4%
82Pike CountyIL112,39431.7%
83Winnebago CountyIL8144,10331.7%
84Greene CountyIL61,70331.6%
85Rock Island CountyIL4821,92130.2%
86Macon CountyIL3414,70228.7%
87Vermilion CountyIL3311,26724.8%
88Cass CountyIL82,35223.0%

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