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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Longwood Elem School Glenwood · Brookwood SD 167 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 1802 | Lorenzo R Smith Elem School Pembroke Township · Pembroke CCSD 259 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 1803 | Ludlow Elementary School Ludlow · Ludlow CCSD 142 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 1804 | Shields Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 1805 | T Roosevelt Elem School Cicero · Cicero SD 99 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 1806 | Hibbard Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 1807 | Sieden Prairie Elementary School Matteson · ESD 159 | Elementary | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 1808 | Cameron Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.3% | -24.7pp |
| 1809 | Mitchell Elementary School Granite City · Granite City CUSD 9 | Elementary | 26.3% | -24.7pp |
| 1810 | Cather Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.2% | -24.8pp |
| 1811 | King Middle Grade School Kankakee · Kankakee SD 111 | Elementary | 26.2% | -24.8pp |
| 1812 | Wegner Elementary School West Chicago · West Chicago ESD 33 | Elementary | 26.2% | -24.8pp |
| 1813 | Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1814 | Edison Elem School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1815 | Foster Park Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1816 | Hedges Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1817 | McCormick Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1818 | Sadlowski Elementary School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1819 | Sandoval Elem School Sandoval · Sandoval CUSD 501 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1820 | Southern View Elem School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 1821 | Burr Oak Elem School Calumet Park · Calumet Public SD 132 | Elementary | 26.0% | -25.0pp |
| 1822 | Claremont Magnet Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1823 | Ellington Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1824 | Fairfield Elem Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1825 | Fort Dearborn Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1826 | Harriet Gifford Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1827 | Mark Twain Elem School Wheeling · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1828 | Thorp J N Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 1829 | Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 1830 | Greenwood Elem School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 1831 | Hall Elem School Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 1832 | Strassburg Elem Sauk Village · CCSD 168 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 1833 | Taylor Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 1834 | Venice Elem School Granite City · Venice CUSD 3 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 1835 | Nobel Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 1836 | Pirie Elem Fine Arts & Academic C Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 1837 | Christopher Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 1838 | Dr Howard Elem School Champaign · Champaign CUSD 4 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 1839 | Kellman Corporate Community Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 1840 | Malta Elementary School Malta · DeKalb CUSD 428 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 1841 | Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon SD 80 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 1842 | Drake Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 1843 | Kenneth Murphy School Beach Park · Beach Park CCSD 3 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 1844 | Lavizzo Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 1845 | McKinley Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 1846 | Oak Park Elem School Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 1847 | Logan Square Elementary Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.4% | -25.6pp |
| 1848 | Esmond Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 1849 | Estelle Sauget School of Choice Cahokia · Cahokia CUSD 187 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 1850 | Huff Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
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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.