Illinois schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | Zion Central Middle School Zion · Zion ESD 6 | Middle | 21.1% | -29.9pp |
| 652 | Urbana Middle School Urbana · Urbana SD 116 | Middle | 21.0% | -30.0pp |
| 653 | Jack Benny Middle School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Middle | 20.9% | -30.1pp |
| 654 | Coolidge Junior High Sch Granite City · Granite City CUSD 9 | Middle | 20.8% | -30.2pp |
| 655 | Shiloh Park Middle School Zion · Zion ESD 6 | Middle | 20.5% | -30.5pp |
| 656 | Carpentersville Middle School Carpentersville · CUSD 300 | Middle | 20.2% | -30.8pp |
| 657 | South View Upper Elem School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Middle | 20.2% | -30.8pp |
| 658 | Magee Middle School Round Lake · Round Lake CUSD 116 | Middle | 19.6% | -31.4pp |
| 659 | U S Grant Middle School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Middle | 19.6% | -31.4pp |
| 660 | North Ridge Middle School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Middle | 19.4% | -31.6pp |
| 661 | School of Fine Arts Calumet City · Dolton SD 149 | Middle | 18.8% | -32.2pp |
| 662 | Clinton Rosette Middle School DeKalb · DeKalb CUSD 428 | Middle | 17.9% | -33.1pp |
| 663 | Westville Jr High School Westville · Westville CUSD 2 | Middle | 17.3% | -33.7pp |
| 664 | Jefferson Middle School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Middle | 16.0% | -35.0pp |
| 665 | Mason/Clark Middle Sch East Saint Louis · East St Louis SD 189 | Middle | 15.6% | -35.4pp |
| 666 | Sterling Middle School Peoria · Peoria SD 150 | Middle | 15.6% | -35.4pp |
| 667 | K D Waldo Middle School Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Middle | 14.4% | -36.6pp |
| 668 | Miguel Juarez Middle School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Middle | 14.4% | -36.6pp |
| 669 | Parkview Jr High School Creve Coeur · Creve Coeur SD 76 | Middle | 14.4% | -36.6pp |
| 670 | Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 14.2% | -36.8pp |
| 671 | Sandoval Jr High School Sandoval · Sandoval CUSD 501 | Middle | 13.4% | -37.6pp |
| 672 | Wirth/Parks Middle School Cahokia · Cahokia CUSD 187 | Middle | 13.4% | -37.6pp |
| 673 | Edith M Smith Middle School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Middle | 13.0% | -38.0pp |
| 674 | Stephen Decatur Middle School Decatur · Decatur SD 61 | Middle | 12.8% | -38.2pp |
| 675 | Kennedy Middle School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 10.6% | -40.4pp |
| 676 | Washington Middle School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Middle | 9.9% | -41.1pp |
| 677 | Egyptian Jr High School Tamms · Egyptian CUSD 5 | Middle | 8.2% | -42.8pp |
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.