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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401 | Crete Elementary School Crete · Crete Monee CUSD 201U | Elementary | 39.1% | -11.9pp |
| 1402 | Greenbrook Elem School Hanover Park · Keeneyville SD 20 | Elementary | 39.1% | -11.9pp |
| 1403 | Ridge Circle Elem School Streamwood · SD U-46 | Elementary | 39.1% | -11.9pp |
| 1404 | Stevenson Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 39.1% | -11.9pp |
| 1405 | Clissold Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 39.0% | -12.0pp |
| 1406 | Kell Grade School Kell · Kell Cons SD 2 | Elementary | 39.0% | -12.0pp |
| 1407 | Northwest Elem School La Salle · La Salle ESD 122 | Elementary | 39.0% | -12.0pp |
| 1408 | Woodlawn Elem Community School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 39.0% | -12.0pp |
| 1409 | Colona Grade School Colona · Colona SD 190 | Elementary | 38.9% | -12.1pp |
| 1410 | Kershaw Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.9% | -12.1pp |
| 1411 | Parkside Elementary School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 38.9% | -12.1pp |
| 1412 | Zapata Elem Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.9% | -12.1pp |
| 1413 | Daisy Bates Acad of Social Justic Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.8% | -12.2pp |
| 1414 | George Washington Elementary Sch Alsip · Cook County SD 130 | Elementary | 38.8% | -12.2pp |
| 1415 | LEARN Chtr - South Chicago Campus Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.8% | -12.2pp |
| 1416 | North Jacksonville School Jacksonville · Jacksonville SD 117 | Elementary | 38.8% | -12.2pp |
| 1417 | Scott Elementary School Melrose Park · Mannheim SD 83 | Elementary | 38.8% | -12.2pp |
| 1418 | Silas Willard Elem School Galesburg · Galesburg CUSD 205 | Elementary | 38.8% | -12.2pp |
| 1419 | Dawn Elser Elementary School O Fallon · Central SD 104 | Elementary | 38.7% | -12.3pp |
| 1420 | Gallistel Elem Language Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.7% | -12.3pp |
| 1421 | Hayt Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.7% | -12.3pp |
| 1422 | Irving Elem School Kewanee · Kewanee CUSD 229 | Elementary | 38.7% | -12.3pp |
| 1423 | Kenwood Elem School Champaign · Champaign CUSD 4 | Elementary | 38.7% | -12.3pp |
| 1424 | Springfield Ball Charter School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Elementary | 38.7% | -12.3pp |
| 1425 | Abraham Lincoln Elem School Belleville · Belleville SD 118 | Elementary | 38.6% | -12.4pp |
| 1426 | Ohio Com Cons Grade School Ohio · Ohio CCSD 17 | Elementary | 38.6% | -12.4pp |
| 1427 | Orchard Place Elem School Des Plaines · CCSD 62 | Elementary | 38.6% | -12.4pp |
| 1428 | Ransom Grade School Ransom · Allen-Otter Creek CCSD 65 | Elementary | 38.5% | -12.5pp |
| 1429 | Westview Elem School Champaign · Champaign CUSD 4 | Elementary | 38.5% | -12.5pp |
| 1430 | Clifford P Carlson Elem School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 38.4% | -12.6pp |
| 1431 | East Elementary School Alton · Alton CUSD 11 | Elementary | 38.4% | -12.6pp |
| 1432 | Prieto Math-Science Elem Sch Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.4% | -12.6pp |
| 1433 | Scammon Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.4% | -12.6pp |
| 1434 | John F Kennedy Elem School Spring Valley · Spring Valley CCSD 99 | Elementary | 38.3% | -12.7pp |
| 1435 | Lincoln Elem School Maywood · Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 | Elementary | 38.3% | -12.7pp |
| 1436 | New Holland-Middletown Elem Sch Middletown · New Holland-Middletown ED 88 | Elementary | 38.3% | -12.7pp |
| 1437 | Oak Glen Elem School Lansing · Lansing SD 158 | Elementary | 38.3% | -12.7pp |
| 1438 | Webster Elem School Rushville · Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5 | Elementary | 38.3% | -12.7pp |
| 1439 | Green W Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.2% | -12.8pp |
| 1440 | Steward Elementary School Steward · Steward ESD 220 | Elementary | 38.2% | -12.8pp |
| 1441 | Central Park Elem School Midlothian · Midlothian SD 143 | Elementary | 38.1% | -12.9pp |
| 1442 | Peoria Heights Grade School Peoria Heights · Peoria Heights CUSD 325 | Elementary | 38.1% | -12.9pp |
| 1443 | Carnegie Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.0% | -13.0pp |
| 1444 | Edgar A Poe Elem School Arlington Heights · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Elementary | 38.0% | -13.0pp |
| 1445 | Joplin Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 38.0% | -13.0pp |
| 1446 | Paul Revere Primary School Blue Island · Cook County SD 130 | Elementary | 38.0% | -13.0pp |
| 1447 | Goodwin Elem School North Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Elementary | 37.9% | -13.1pp |
| 1448 | Hutsonville Elem and Jr High Sch Hutsonville · Hutsonville CUSD 1 | Elementary | 37.9% | -13.1pp |
| 1449 | Marsh Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 37.9% | -13.1pp |
| 1450 | Jefferson Elem School Pekin · Pekin PSD 108 | Elementary | 37.8% | -13.2pp |
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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.