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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | Army Trail Elem School Addison · Addison SD 4 | Elementary | 30.1% | -20.9pp |
| 1702 | Lloyd Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 30.1% | -20.9pp |
| 1703 | Perry Elementary School Carpentersville · CUSD 300 | Elementary | 30.1% | -20.9pp |
| 1704 | Washington-McKinley Elem Sch Chicago Heights · Chicago Heights SD 170 | Elementary | 30.1% | -20.9pp |
| 1705 | Nightingale Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 30.0% | -21.0pp |
| 1706 | Powell Elem Paideia Comm Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 30.0% | -21.0pp |
| 1707 | Rolling Green Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 30.0% | -21.0pp |
| 1708 | Whittier Elem School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Elementary | 30.0% | -21.0pp |
| 1709 | Earl H Hanson Elem School Rock Island · Rock Island SD 41 | Elementary | 29.9% | -21.1pp |
| 1710 | John Jay Elem School Mount Prospect · Comm Cons SD 59 | Elementary | 29.9% | -21.1pp |
| 1711 | Lewis School Carbondale · Carbondale ESD 95 | Elementary | 29.9% | -21.1pp |
| 1712 | Piccolo Elem Specialty School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.9% | -21.1pp |
| 1713 | 21st Century Primary Center Park Forest · Park Forest SD 163 | Elementary | 29.8% | -21.2pp |
| 1714 | Finkl Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.8% | -21.2pp |
| 1715 | Plamondon Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.8% | -21.2pp |
| 1716 | Schafer Elem School Lombard · SD 45 DuPage County | Elementary | 29.8% | -21.2pp |
| 1717 | Harvard Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.6% | -21.4pp |
| 1718 | John J Pershing Magnet Elementary Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.6% | -21.4pp |
| 1719 | KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.6% | -21.4pp |
| 1720 | Little Village Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.6% | -21.4pp |
| 1721 | Avalon Park Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.5% | -21.5pp |
| 1722 | Central Elem School Rochelle · Rochelle CCSD 231 | Elementary | 29.5% | -21.5pp |
| 1723 | Lords Park Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 29.5% | -21.5pp |
| 1724 | Edison Elementary School Macomb · Macomb CUSD 185 | Elementary | 29.4% | -21.6pp |
| 1725 | RICMS Rock Island · Rock Island SD 41 | Elementary | 29.3% | -21.7pp |
| 1726 | Acero Chtr-Brighton Park Elem Sch Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.2% | -21.8pp |
| 1727 | Providence-Englewood Elem Charter Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.2% | -21.8pp |
| 1728 | Caseyville Elementary School Caseyville · Collinsville CUSD 10 | Elementary | 29.1% | -21.9pp |
| 1729 | Gregory Elem School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 29.1% | -21.9pp |
| 1730 | Lowell Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.1% | -21.9pp |
| 1731 | Coleman Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 29.0% | -22.0pp |
| 1732 | Jordan Elem Community School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 29.0% | -22.0pp |
| 1733 | Matteson Elem School Matteson · Matteson ESD 162 | Elementary | 29.0% | -22.0pp |
| 1734 | Robert Frost Elem School Mount Prospect · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Elementary | 29.0% | -22.0pp |
| 1735 | Thurgood Marshall Elem School Bellwood · Bellwood SD 88 | Elementary | 29.0% | -22.0pp |
| 1736 | Cortland Elementary School Cortland · DeKalb CUSD 428 | Elementary | 28.9% | -22.1pp |
| 1737 | Elverado Intermediate School Vergennes · Elverado CUSD 196 | Elementary | 28.9% | -22.1pp |
| 1738 | Calmeca Acad Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 28.8% | -22.2pp |
| 1739 | George Washington Elem School Moline · Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 | Elementary | 28.8% | -22.2pp |
| 1740 | Neil Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 28.7% | -22.3pp |
| 1741 | Tilton Elem School Rochelle · Rochelle CCSD 231 | Elementary | 28.7% | -22.3pp |
| 1742 | Roosevelt Elem School Moline · Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 | Elementary | 28.6% | -22.4pp |
| 1743 | Meadowview School Country Club Hills · Country Club Hills SD 160 | Elementary | 28.5% | -22.5pp |
| 1744 | Dubois Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 28.4% | -22.6pp |
| 1745 | Fairview Elem School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Elementary | 28.4% | -22.6pp |
| 1746 | McCleery Elem School Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Elementary | 28.4% | -22.6pp |
| 1747 | Gillespie Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 28.3% | -22.7pp |
| 1748 | Oakwood Grade School Oakwood · Oakwood CUSD 76 | Elementary | 28.2% | -22.8pp |
| 1749 | Sunnyside Intermediate School Berkeley · Berkeley SD 87 | Elementary | 28.2% | -22.8pp |
| 1750 | West Elementary School Alton · Alton CUSD 11 | Elementary | 28.2% | -22.8pp |
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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.