Illinois schools ranked by test score
Latest IAR + ISA year (2024-25). 677 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Wilbur Trimpe Middle School Bethalto · Bethalto CUSD 8 | Middle | 48.4% | -2.6pp |
| 452 | Washington Middle School Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Middle | 48.2% | -2.8pp |
| 453 | Galatia Jr High Galatia · Galatia CUSD 1 | Middle | 47.8% | -3.2pp |
| 454 | Jefferson Middle School Champaign · Champaign CUSD 4 | Middle | 47.5% | -3.5pp |
| 455 | Putnam County Jr High School Mc Nabb · Putnam County CUSD 535 | Middle | 47.4% | -3.6pp |
| 456 | Effingham Junior High School Effingham · Effingham CUSD 40 | Middle | 47.2% | -3.8pp |
| 457 | Holmes Jr High School Mount Prospect · Comm Cons SD 59 | Middle | 47.2% | -3.8pp |
| 458 | Mattoon Middle School Mattoon · Mattoon CUSD 2 | Middle | 47.2% | -3.8pp |
| 459 | Central Junior High School Camp Point · Central CUSD 3 | Middle | 47.1% | -3.9pp |
| 460 | Meridian Middle School Macon · Meridian CUSD 15 | Middle | 47.1% | -3.9pp |
| 461 | ASPIRA Charter - Haugan Campus Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Middle | 47.0% | -4.0pp |
| 462 | Thompson Jr High School Oswego · CUSD 308 | Middle | 46.9% | -4.1pp |
| 463 | Central Jr High School East Peoria · East Peoria SD 86 | Middle | 46.4% | -4.6pp |
| 464 | Brown County Middle School Mount Sterling · Brown County CUSD 1 | Middle | 46.3% | -4.7pp |
| 465 | Indian Creek Middle School Waterman · Indian Creek CUSD 425 | Middle | 46.3% | -4.7pp |
| 466 | North Mac Middle School Girard · North Mac CUSD 34 | Middle | 46.3% | -4.7pp |
| 467 | Parkside Jr High School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Middle | 46.3% | -4.7pp |
| 468 | Kingsley Jr High School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Middle | 46.2% | -4.8pp |
| 469 | Shepherd Middle School Ottawa · Ottawa ESD 141 | Middle | 46.2% | -4.8pp |
| 470 | Central A & M Middle School Assumption · Central A & M CUD 21 | Middle | 45.9% | -5.1pp |
| 471 | Everett F Kerr Middle School Blue Island · Cook County SD 130 | Middle | 45.9% | -5.1pp |
| 472 | Jack London Middle School Wheeling · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Middle | 45.9% | -5.1pp |
| 473 | O W Huth Middle School Matteson · Matteson ESD 162 | Middle | 45.7% | -5.3pp |
| 474 | Herget Middle School Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Middle | 45.6% | -5.4pp |
| 475 | Grayslake Middle School Grayslake · Grayslake CCSD 46 | Middle | 45.5% | -5.5pp |
| 476 | Mary Miller Junior High School Georgetown · Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4 | Middle | 45.4% | -5.6pp |
| 477 | Plano Middle School Plano · Plano CUSD 88 | Middle | 45.3% | -5.7pp |
| 478 | Stark County Junior High School Toulon · Stark County CUSD 100 | Middle | 45.3% | -5.7pp |
| 479 | Jefferson Elem School Charleston · Charleston CUSD 1 | Middle | 45.2% | -5.8pp |
| 480 | Woodrow Wilson Middle School Moline · Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 | Middle | 45.0% | -6.0pp |
| 481 | Morrison Jr High School Morrison · Morrison CUSD 6 | Middle | 44.9% | -6.1pp |
| 482 | Sherrard Jr High School Sherrard · Sherrard CUSD 200 | Middle | 44.9% | -6.1pp |
| 483 | Roxana Junior High School Roxana · Roxana CUSD 1 | Middle | 44.8% | -6.2pp |
| 484 | Whiteside Middle School Belleville · Whiteside SD 115 | Middle | 44.5% | -6.5pp |
| 485 | Central Middle School Evergreen Park · Evergreen Park ESD 124 | Middle | 44.3% | -6.7pp |
| 486 | Harlem Middle School Loves Park · Harlem UD 122 | Middle | 44.2% | -6.8pp |
| 487 | Coolidge Middle School Phoenix · South Holland SD 151 | Middle | 44.1% | -6.9pp |
| 488 | Barack Obama Sch of Ldership Chicago Heights · Park Forest SD 163 | Middle | 44.0% | -7.0pp |
| 489 | LeRoy Junior High School Le Roy · LeRoy CUSD 2 | Middle | 44.0% | -7.0pp |
| 490 | Emily G Johns School Plano · Plano CUSD 88 | Middle | 43.9% | -7.1pp |
| 491 | Collinsville Middle School Collinsville · Collinsville CUSD 10 | Middle | 43.8% | -7.2pp |
| 492 | Lincoln Jr High School Skokie · Skokie SD 69 | Middle | 43.8% | -7.2pp |
| 493 | Marion Jr High School Marion · Marion CUSD 2 | Middle | 43.8% | -7.2pp |
| 494 | South Beloit Jr High School South Beloit · County of Winnebago SD 320 | Middle | 43.8% | -7.2pp |
| 495 | East Alton Middle School East Alton · East Alton SD 13 | Middle | 43.4% | -7.6pp |
| 496 | Spring Garden Middle School Ina · Spring Garden CCSD 178 | Middle | 43.2% | -7.8pp |
| 497 | Lincolnwood Jr High School Raymond · Panhandle CUSD 2 | Middle | 42.9% | -8.1pp |
| 498 | Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch Peoria · Pleasant Valley SD 62 | Middle | 42.9% | -8.1pp |
| 499 | Wilson Intermediate School Pekin · Pekin PSD 108 | Middle | 42.7% | -8.3pp |
| 500 | Chrisman-Scottland Jr High School Chrisman · Edgar County CUD 6 | Middle | 42.3% | -8.7pp |
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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.