Illinois schools ranked by test score
Latest IAR + ISA year (2024-25). 2,121 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Franklin Elem Fine Arts Center Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 65.4% | +14.4pp |
| 502 | Indian Grove Elem School Mount Prospect · River Trails SD 26 | Elementary | 65.4% | +14.4pp |
| 503 | North Elem School Marshall · Marshall CUSD 2C | Elementary | 65.4% | +14.4pp |
| 504 | Spoon River Valley Elem School London Mills · Spoon River Valley CUSD 4 | Elementary | 65.3% | +14.3pp |
| 505 | Henry Puffer School Downers Grove · Downers Grove GSD 58 | Elementary | 65.2% | +14.2pp |
| 506 | Hoover Wood Elem School Batavia · Batavia USD 101 | Elementary | 65.2% | +14.2pp |
| 507 | Liberty Elementary School Bolingbrook · Plainfield SD 202 | Elementary | 65.2% | +14.2pp |
| 508 | Mount Erie Elem School Mount Erie · North Wayne CUSD 200 | Elementary | 65.2% | +14.2pp |
| 509 | Sangamon Valley Intermediate Sch Illiopolis · Sangamon Valley CUSD 9 | Elementary | 65.2% | +14.2pp |
| 510 | Frank C Whiteley Elem School Hoffman Estates · Palatine CCSD 15 | Elementary | 65.1% | +14.1pp |
| 511 | John L Sipley Elem School Woodridge · Woodridge SD 68 | Elementary | 65.1% | +14.1pp |
| 512 | Unity West Tolono · Tolono CUSD 7 | Elementary | 65.1% | +14.1pp |
| 513 | Anne Sullivan Elem School Prospect Heights · Prospect Heights SD 23 | Elementary | 65.0% | +14.0pp |
| 514 | Lindop Elem School Broadview · Lindop SD 92 | Elementary | 65.0% | +14.0pp |
| 515 | Nelson Prairie School New Lenox · New Lenox SD 122 | Elementary | 65.0% | +14.0pp |
| 516 | Pioneer Path Channahon · Channahon SD 17 | Elementary | 65.0% | +14.0pp |
| 517 | Plainfield Elem School Des Plaines · CCSD 62 | Elementary | 65.0% | +14.0pp |
| 518 | Enders-Salk Elem School Schaumburg · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 64.9% | +13.9pp |
| 519 | Grand Ridge School Grand Ridge · Grand Ridge CCSD 95 | Elementary | 64.9% | +13.9pp |
| 520 | C R Hanna Elem School Orion · Orion CUSD 223 | Elementary | 64.8% | +13.8pp |
| 521 | Central Elem School Lincoln · Lincoln ESD 27 | Elementary | 64.8% | +13.8pp |
| 522 | Mitchell Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 64.8% | +13.8pp |
| 523 | Prairieview School Hainesville · Grayslake CCSD 46 | Elementary | 64.8% | +13.8pp |
| 524 | H C Storm Elem School Batavia · Batavia USD 101 | Elementary | 64.7% | +13.7pp |
| 525 | Henry Winkelman Elem School Glenview · West Northfield SD 31 | Elementary | 64.7% | +13.7pp |
| 526 | Indian Trail Elem School Highland Park · North Shore SD 112 | Elementary | 64.7% | +13.7pp |
| 527 | Pleasant Hill Elem School Palatine · Palatine CCSD 15 | Elementary | 64.7% | +13.7pp |
| 528 | River Valley School Lemont · Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A | Elementary | 64.7% | +13.7pp |
| 529 | Carlinville Intermediate School Carlinville · Carlinville CUSD 1 | Elementary | 64.6% | +13.6pp |
| 530 | Liberty Elem School Orland Park · Orland SD 135 | Elementary | 64.6% | +13.6pp |
| 531 | Lick Creek Elem School Buncombe · Lick Creek CCSD 16 | Elementary | 64.6% | +13.6pp |
| 532 | Prairieland Elementary School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 64.6% | +13.6pp |
| 533 | Alice Gustafson Elem School Batavia · Batavia USD 101 | Elementary | 64.5% | +13.5pp |
| 534 | Canty Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 64.5% | +13.5pp |
| 535 | Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High Mackinaw · Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701 | Elementary | 64.5% | +13.5pp |
| 536 | Everett Dirksen Elementary Sch Schaumburg · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 64.5% | +13.5pp |
| 537 | Kaneland John Shields Elem Sch Sugar Grove · Kaneland CUSD 302 | Elementary | 64.5% | +13.5pp |
| 538 | Wallin Oaks Elementary School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Elementary | 64.5% | +13.5pp |
| 539 | North Elem School Franklin Park · Franklin Park SD 84 | Elementary | 64.4% | +13.4pp |
| 540 | Scott Altman Primary School Pekin · Pekin PSD 108 | Elementary | 64.4% | +13.4pp |
| 541 | Crestwood Elem School Paris · Paris CUSD 4 | Elementary | 64.3% | +13.3pp |
| 542 | Frederick Nerge Elem School Roselle · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 64.3% | +13.3pp |
| 543 | Jefferson Attendance Center Carmi · Carmi-White County CUSD 5 | Elementary | 64.3% | +13.3pp |
| 544 | Hamilton Elementary School Hamilton · Hamilton CCSD 328 | Elementary | 64.2% | +13.2pp |
| 545 | Kingsley Elementary School Evanston · Evanston CCSD 65 | Elementary | 64.2% | +13.2pp |
| 546 | Sward Elem School Oak Lawn · Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 | Elementary | 64.2% | +13.2pp |
| 547 | Bert H Fulton School Tinley Park · CCSD 146 | Elementary | 64.1% | +13.1pp |
| 548 | Brentano Elem Math & Science Acad Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 64.0% | +13.0pp |
| 549 | Centennial School Bartlett · SD U-46 | Elementary | 64.0% | +13.0pp |
| 550 | Lebanon Elem School Lebanon · Lebanon CUSD 9 | Elementary | 64.0% | +13.0pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the IAR + ISA % Proficient (Levels 4-5) threshold on the latest available IAR + ISA English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Illinois, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.