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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Dean Street Elem School Woodstock · Woodstock CUSD 200 | Elementary | 59.9% | +8.9pp |
| 702 | Benjamin Elem School Bloomington · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 59.7% | +8.7pp |
| 703 | St Elmo Elem School Saint Elmo · St Elmo CUSD 202 | Elementary | 59.7% | +8.7pp |
| 704 | Glacier Ridge Elementary School Crystal Lake · Crystal Lake CCSD 47 | Elementary | 59.6% | +8.6pp |
| 705 | Haskell Elementary School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 59.6% | +8.6pp |
| 706 | Jamieson Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 59.6% | +8.6pp |
| 707 | Burroughs Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 59.4% | +8.4pp |
| 708 | Columbia Explorers Elem Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 59.4% | +8.4pp |
| 709 | Mount Pulaski Elem School Mount Pulaski · Mt Pulaski CUSD 23 | Elementary | 59.4% | +8.4pp |
| 710 | CICS - Avalon/South Shore Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 59.3% | +8.3pp |
| 711 | Indian Prairie Elem School Crystal Lake · Crystal Lake CCSD 47 | Elementary | 59.3% | +8.3pp |
| 712 | LeRoy Elementary School Le Roy · LeRoy CUSD 2 | Elementary | 59.3% | +8.3pp |
| 713 | Manteno Elem School Manteno · Manteno CUSD 5 | Elementary | 59.3% | +8.3pp |
| 714 | Reed-Custer Elementary School Braidwood · Reed Custer CUSD 255U | Elementary | 59.3% | +8.3pp |
| 715 | MacArthur Intrntl Spanish Acad Hoffman Estates · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 59.2% | +8.2pp |
| 716 | Olympia North Elem Sch Danvers · Olympia CUSD 16 | Elementary | 59.2% | +8.2pp |
| 717 | Prairie Central Elem School Fairbury · Prairie Central CUSD 8 | Elementary | 59.2% | +8.2pp |
| 718 | Rome Comm Cons Elem School Dix · Rome CCSD 2 | Elementary | 59.2% | +8.2pp |
| 719 | J W Riley Elem School Arlington Heights · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Elementary | 59.1% | +8.1pp |
| 720 | Northpoint Elementary School Bloomington · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 59.1% | +8.1pp |
| 721 | Evergreen Elementary School Carol Stream · Benjamin SD 25 | Elementary | 59.0% | +8.0pp |
| 722 | Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elem School Mazon · Mazon-Verona-Kinsman ESD 2C | Elementary | 59.0% | +8.0pp |
| 723 | Paw Paw Elem School Paw Paw · Paw Paw CUSD 271 | Elementary | 59.0% | +8.0pp |
| 724 | Winchester Elem School Winchester · Winchester CUSD 1 | Elementary | 59.0% | +8.0pp |
| 725 | Andrew Cooke Magnet Elem School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Elementary | 58.9% | +7.9pp |
| 726 | Budlong Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 58.9% | +7.9pp |
| 727 | Ben-Gil Elementary School Gillespie · Gillespie CUSD 7 | Elementary | 58.8% | +7.8pp |
| 728 | Bradford Grade School Bradford · Bradford CUSD 1 | Elementary | 58.8% | +7.8pp |
| 729 | Melzer School Morton Grove · East Maine SD 63 | Elementary | 58.8% | +7.8pp |
| 730 | Nettle Creek Elem School Morris · Nettle Creek CCSD 24C | Elementary | 58.8% | +7.8pp |
| 731 | Wood View Elem School Bolingbrook · Valley View CUSD 365U | Elementary | 58.8% | +7.8pp |
| 732 | Briargate Elem School Cary · Cary CCSD 26 | Elementary | 58.7% | +7.7pp |
| 733 | Garvy J Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 58.7% | +7.7pp |
| 734 | Stella May Swartz Elem School Oakbrook Terrace · Salt Creek SD 48 | Elementary | 58.7% | +7.7pp |
| 735 | Wethersfield Elem School Kewanee · Wethersfield CUSD 230 | Elementary | 58.7% | +7.7pp |
| 736 | Gardner Elem School Gardner · Gardner CCSD 72C | Elementary | 58.6% | +7.6pp |
| 737 | Glen Hill Elementary School Glendale Heights · Queen Bee SD 16 | Elementary | 58.6% | +7.6pp |
| 738 | John A Bannes Elem School Tinley Park · Kirby SD 140 | Elementary | 58.6% | +7.6pp |
| 739 | Marine Elem School Marine · Triad CUSD 2 | Elementary | 58.6% | +7.6pp |
| 740 | Richland County Elementary School Olney · Richland County CUSD 1 | Elementary | 58.6% | +7.6pp |
| 741 | South Side Elementary School Champaign · Champaign CUSD 4 | Elementary | 58.6% | +7.6pp |
| 742 | Adlai Stevenson Elem School Elk Grove Village · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 58.5% | +7.5pp |
| 743 | B J Hooper Elem School Lindenhurst · Lake Villa CCSD 41 | Elementary | 58.5% | +7.5pp |
| 744 | Meadowview Elem School Woodridge · Woodridge SD 68 | Elementary | 58.4% | +7.4pp |
| 745 | Richland Elem School Crest Hill · Richland GSD 88A | Elementary | 58.4% | +7.4pp |
| 746 | River View Elementary School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Elementary | 58.4% | +7.4pp |
| 747 | Washington Elem School Evanston · Evanston CCSD 65 | Elementary | 58.4% | +7.4pp |
| 748 | Worden Elementary School Worden · Edwardsville CUSD 7 | Elementary | 58.4% | +7.4pp |
| 749 | Churchill Elem School Glen Ellyn · Glen Ellyn SD 41 | Elementary | 58.3% | +7.3pp |
| 750 | Forest Park Individual Ed School Joliet · Joliet PSD 86 | Elementary | 58.3% | +7.3pp |
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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.