Illinois: the lowest-performing school districts

327 districts

Illinois public school districts ranked by the lowest enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
1	Cahokia CUSD 187	IL	8	2,991	9.4%
2	Madison CUSD 12	IL	3	613	12.1%
3	Zion ESD 6	IL	7	2,176	12.7%
4	Decatur SD 61	IL	15	7,840	13.0%
5	Thornton Twp HSD 205	IL	3	4,509	14.6%
6	Rantoul City SD 137	IL	6	1,656	16.0%
7	Dolton SD 149	IL	8	2,192	16.3%
8	Dolton SD 148	IL	10	2,077	17.4%
9	North Chicago SD 187	IL	8	3,637	17.8%
10	Kankakee SD 111	IL	10	4,602	17.9%
11	Harvard CUSD 50	IL	5	2,532	18.0%
12	Danville CCSD 118	IL	9	4,940	18.1%
13	East St Louis SD 189	IL	10	4,646	18.2%
14	Aurora East USD 131	IL	18	12,187	18.6%
15	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	IL	9	2,473	19.1%
16	Harvey SD 152	IL	5	1,487	20.6%
17	Waukegan CUSD 60	IL	22	13,640	20.6%
18	Peoria SD 150	IL	25	13,312	20.8%
19	Beach Park CCSD 3	IL	5	1,996	21.1%
20	Carbondale ESD 95	IL	4	1,648	21.1%
21	Granite City CUSD 9	IL	8	5,747	21.1%
22	Bellwood SD 88	IL	6	1,998	21.2%
23	Urbana SD 116	IL	9	4,658	21.2%
24	Round Lake CUSD 116	IL	9	6,473	21.5%
25	Mount Vernon SD 80	IL	4	1,445	22.3%
26	Joliet PSD 86	IL	20	9,333	22.4%
27	Freeport SD 145	IL	8	3,703	23.0%
28	Proviso Twp HSD 209	IL	3	4,458	23.1%
29	Brookwood SD 167	IL	4	1,098	23.2%
30	East Moline SD 37	IL	6	2,641	23.2%
31	Rockford SD 205	IL	44	28,467	23.9%
32	DeKalb CUSD 428	IL	12	6,771	24.0%
33	ESD 159	IL	5	1,653	24.0%
34	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	IL	8	4,562	24.1%
35	Rock Island SD 41	IL	13	6,292	24.1%
36	Gurnee SD 56	IL	4	1,836	24.2%
37	Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170	IL	3	602	25.0%
38	Berkeley SD 87	IL	6	2,147	25.7%
39	West Central CUSD 235	IL	4	752	26.1%
40	Hoopeston Area CUSD 11	IL	4	1,064	27.0%
41	Cicero SD 99	IL	15	8,664	27.3%
42	South Holland SD 150	IL	3	784	27.4%
43	Westville CUSD 2	IL	3	1,149	27.5%
44	Pontiac CCSD 429	IL	4	1,135	27.6%
45	Springfield SD 186	IL	31	13,014	27.8%
46	West Carroll CUSD 314	IL	3	839	27.8%
47	South Central CUD 401	IL	3	592	28.1%
48	Midlothian SD 143	IL	4	1,620	28.4%
49	Park Forest SD 163	IL	6	1,524	28.7%
50	Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4	IL	3	864	28.9%

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