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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 951 | Hardin County Elem School Elizabethtown · Hardin County CUSD 1 | Elementary | 52.0% | +1.0pp |
| 952 | Dahlgren Elem School Dahlgren · Hamilton Co CUSD 10 | Elementary | 51.9% | +0.9pp |
| 953 | Heritage Lakes Elem School Carol Stream · CCSD 93 | Elementary | 51.9% | +0.9pp |
| 954 | North Wamac Grade School Centralia · North Wamac SD 186 | Elementary | 51.9% | +0.9pp |
| 955 | Carolyn Wenz Elem School Paris · Paris-Union SD 95 | Elementary | 51.8% | +0.8pp |
| 956 | Montessori Elementary School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 51.8% | +0.8pp |
| 957 | Bluffs Elementary School Bluffs · Scott-Morgan CUSD 2 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 958 | Christopher Elem School Christopher · Christopher USD 99 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 959 | Hitch Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 960 | Ideal Elem School Countryside · La Grange SD 105 South | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 961 | J Covington Elem School Oak Lawn · Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 962 | Jane Addams Elementary School Moline · Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 963 | Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Quincy · Quincy SD 172 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 964 | McPherson Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 51.7% | +0.7pp |
| 965 | Jean McNair Elementary School Winnebago · Winnebago CUSD 323 | Elementary | 51.6% | +0.6pp |
| 966 | Mechanics Grove Elem School Mundelein · Mundelein ESD 75 | Elementary | 51.6% | +0.6pp |
| 967 | Midland Elementary School Lacon · Midland CUSD 7 | Elementary | 51.6% | +0.6pp |
| 968 | Milton Pope Elem School Marseilles · Miller Twp CCSD 210 | Elementary | 51.6% | +0.6pp |
| 969 | Thomas Jefferson Elem Sch Joliet · Plainfield SD 202 | Elementary | 51.6% | +0.6pp |
| 970 | Jefferson Elem School Berwyn · Berwyn North SD 98 | Elementary | 51.5% | +0.5pp |
| 971 | Ladd Comm Cons Sch Ladd · Ladd CCSD 94 | Elementary | 51.5% | +0.5pp |
| 972 | Lowpoint-Washburn Elem School Washburn · Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21 | Elementary | 51.5% | +0.5pp |
| 973 | Bridgeview Elem School Bridgeview · Indian Springs SD 109 | Elementary | 51.4% | +0.4pp |
| 974 | Jefferson Elem School Ottawa · Ottawa ESD 141 | Elementary | 51.4% | +0.4pp |
| 975 | Sutherland Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 51.4% | +0.4pp |
| 976 | CICS - Irving Park Campus Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 51.3% | +0.3pp |
| 977 | Davie Elem School Anna · Anna CCSD 37 | Elementary | 51.3% | +0.3pp |
| 978 | Field Stevenson Elem School Forest Park · Forest Park SD 91 | Elementary | 51.3% | +0.3pp |
| 979 | Meadowbrook Intermediate Sch Moro · Bethalto CUSD 8 | Elementary | 51.3% | +0.3pp |
| 980 | Willard Elem School South Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 51.3% | +0.3pp |
| 981 | Devonshire School Des Plaines · Comm Cons SD 59 | Elementary | 51.2% | +0.2pp |
| 982 | Harding Grade School Earlville · Serena CUSD 2 | Elementary | 51.2% | +0.2pp |
| 983 | Allendale Elementary School Allendale · Allendale CCSD 17 | Elementary | 51.1% | +0.1pp |
| 984 | Hurley Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 51.1% | +0.1pp |
| 985 | Laverna Evans Elem School O Fallon · O Fallon CCSD 90 | Elementary | 51.1% | +0.1pp |
| 986 | Albert Einstein Elem School Hanover Park · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 51.0% | +0.0pp |
| 987 | Circle Center Grade School Yorkville · Yorkville CUSD 115 | Elementary | 51.0% | +0.0pp |
| 988 | High Mount Elem School Swansea · High Mount SD 116 | Elementary | 51.0% | +0.0pp |
| 989 | South Wilmington Grade School South Wilmington · South Wilmington CCSD 74 | Elementary | 51.0% | +0.0pp |
| 990 | Cleveland Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.9% | -0.1pp |
| 991 | Glenn Elem School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 50.9% | -0.1pp |
| 992 | Jones Elementary School Joliet · Minooka CCSD 201 | Elementary | 50.9% | -0.1pp |
| 993 | Carl Sandburg Elem School Charleston · Charleston CUSD 1 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 994 | Liberty Elem School Bartlett · SD U-46 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 995 | North Side Elem School Fairfield · Fairfield PSD 112 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 996 | Tamaroa Elem School Tamaroa · Tamaroa School Dist 5 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 997 | Fairview Elem School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 998 | Murphy Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 999 | Northeast Elem Magnet School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Elementary | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 1000 | Bernard J Ward Elem School Bolingbrook · Valley View CUSD 365U | Elementary | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
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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.