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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Madison Jr High School Madison · Madison CUSD 12 | Middle | 30.2% | -20.8pp |
| 602 | Colin Powell Middle Sch Matteson · ESD 159 | Middle | 30.0% | -21.0pp |
| 603 | Roosevelt Junior High School Dolton · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 30.0% | -21.0pp |
| 604 | Zadok Casey Middle School Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon SD 80 | Middle | 29.8% | -21.2pp |
| 605 | Dirksen Junior High School Joliet · Joliet PSD 86 | Middle | 29.5% | -21.5pp |
| 606 | Unity Jr High School Cicero · Cicero SD 99 | Middle | 29.5% | -21.5pp |
| 607 | Beach Park Middle School Beach Park · Beach Park CCSD 3 | Middle | 29.4% | -21.6pp |
| 608 | Bernard W Flinn Middle School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 29.4% | -21.6pp |
| 609 | Momence Jr High School Momence · Momence CUSD 1 | Middle | 29.0% | -22.0pp |
| 610 | Brookwood Middle School Glenwood · Brookwood SD 167 | Middle | 28.7% | -22.3pp |
| 611 | Kankakee Junior High School Kankakee · Kankakee SD 111 | Middle | 28.3% | -22.7pp |
| 612 | Ridgeview Jr High School Colfax · Ridgeview CUSD 19 | Middle | 28.3% | -22.7pp |
| 613 | Schuyler Industry Middle School Rushville · Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5 | Middle | 28.3% | -22.7pp |
| 614 | Irving Middle School Maywood · Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 | Middle | 28.2% | -22.8pp |
| 615 | Prairie-Hills Junior High School Markham · Prairie-Hills ESD 144 | Middle | 28.2% | -22.8pp |
| 616 | Carbondale Middle School Carbondale · Carbondale ESD 95 | Middle | 28.1% | -22.9pp |
| 617 | Kimball Middle School Elgin · SD U-46 | Middle | 27.7% | -23.3pp |
| 618 | Abraham Lincoln Middle School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 27.4% | -23.6pp |
| 619 | Lincoln Jr High School La Salle · La Salle ESD 122 | Middle | 27.4% | -23.6pp |
| 620 | Pikeland Community School Pittsfield · Pikeland CUSD 10 | Middle | 27.3% | -23.7pp |
| 621 | West Carroll Middle School Mount Carroll · West Carroll CUSD 314 | Middle | 27.2% | -23.8pp |
| 622 | Freeport Middle School Freeport · Freeport SD 145 | Middle | 27.1% | -23.9pp |
| 623 | South Central Middle School Kinmundy · South Central CUD 401 | Middle | 27.1% | -23.9pp |
| 624 | East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch East Saint Louis · East St Louis SD 189 | Middle | 27.0% | -24.0pp |
| 625 | Oliver W Holmes Middle School Wheeling · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Middle | 26.8% | -24.2pp |
| 626 | Wentworth Jr High School Calumet City · Calumet City SD 155 | Middle | 26.6% | -24.4pp |
| 627 | Washington Junior High Riverdale · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 628 | C F Simmons Middle School Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Middle | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 629 | Lincoln Junior High School Dolton · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 630 | Abbott Middle School Elgin · SD U-46 | Middle | 26.3% | -24.7pp |
| 631 | Grigsby Intermediate School Granite City · Granite City CUSD 9 | Middle | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 632 | Rickover Jr High School Sauk Village · CCSD 168 | Middle | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 633 | Viking School Gurnee · Gurnee SD 56 | Middle | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 634 | Southwood Middle School Country Club Hills · Country Club Hills SD 160 | Middle | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 635 | Von Steuben Middle School Peoria · Peoria SD 150 | Middle | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 636 | Carl Sandburg Middle Sch Freeport · Freeport SD 145 | Middle | 25.4% | -25.6pp |
| 637 | Creative Communications Acad Calumet City · Dolton SD 149 | Middle | 25.3% | -25.7pp |
| 638 | Edison Jr High School Rock Island · Rock Island SD 41 | Middle | 23.8% | -27.2pp |
| 639 | Mulberry Grove Jr High School Mulberry Grove · Mulberry Grove CUSD 1 | Middle | 23.7% | -27.3pp |
| 640 | Round Lake Middle School Round Lake Heights · Round Lake CUSD 116 | Middle | 23.1% | -27.9pp |
| 641 | Roosevelt Middle School Bellwood · Bellwood SD 88 | Middle | 22.9% | -28.1pp |
| 642 | Northwest Middle School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Middle | 22.6% | -28.4pp |
| 643 | Huntley Middle School Dekalb · DeKalb CUSD 428 | Middle | 22.3% | -28.7pp |
| 644 | Neal Math Science Academy North Chicago · North Chicago SD 187 | Middle | 22.3% | -28.7pp |
| 645 | West Middle School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 22.2% | -28.8pp |
| 646 | Henry W Cowherd Middle School Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Middle | 22.0% | -29.0pp |
| 647 | Robert E Abbott Middle School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Middle | 21.8% | -29.2pp |
| 648 | Blackhawk Elementary School South Beloit · County of Winnebago SD 320 | Middle | 21.5% | -29.5pp |
| 649 | Rosa L Parks Middle School Dixmoor · W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147 | Middle | 21.4% | -29.6pp |
| 650 | Harold B Dawson Middle School West Peoria · Peoria SD 150 | Middle | 21.1% | -29.9pp |
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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.