Illinois schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | Blackhawk Elementary School South Beloit · County of Winnebago SD 320 | Middle | 14.9% | -25.4pp |
| 652 | Edith M Smith Middle School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Middle | 14.6% | -25.7pp |
| 653 | Carpentersville Middle School Carpentersville · CUSD 300 | Middle | 14.4% | -25.9pp |
| 654 | Veterans Memorial Middle Sch Blue Island · Cook County SD 130 | Middle | 13.7% | -26.6pp |
| 655 | Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 13.6% | -26.7pp |
| 656 | Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center Ford Heights · Ford Heights SD 169 | Middle | 13.0% | -27.3pp |
| 657 | Calumet Elem School Calumet Park · Calumet Public SD 132 | Middle | 12.6% | -27.7pp |
| 658 | Sauk Elem School Richton Park · Matteson ESD 162 | Middle | 11.8% | -28.5pp |
| 659 | Northwest Middle School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Middle | 11.7% | -28.6pp |
| 660 | Wirth/Parks Middle School Cahokia · Cahokia CUSD 187 | Middle | 11.6% | -28.7pp |
| 661 | Zion Central Middle School Zion · Zion ESD 6 | Middle | 11.5% | -28.8pp |
| 662 | South View Upper Elem School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Middle | 11.4% | -28.9pp |
| 663 | Rosa L Parks Middle School Dixmoor · W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147 | Middle | 11.3% | -29.0pp |
| 664 | Mason/Clark Middle Sch East Saint Louis · East St Louis SD 189 | Middle | 11.2% | -29.1pp |
| 665 | Washington Middle School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Middle | 11.2% | -29.1pp |
| 666 | Irving Middle School Maywood · Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 | Middle | 10.9% | -29.4pp |
| 667 | Lincoln Junior High School Dolton · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 10.8% | -29.5pp |
| 668 | Washington Junior High Riverdale · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 10.3% | -30.0pp |
| 669 | Abraham Lincoln Middle School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 10.2% | -30.1pp |
| 670 | Sterling Middle School Peoria · Peoria SD 150 | Middle | 10.1% | -30.2pp |
| 671 | Harold B Dawson Middle School West Peoria · Peoria SD 150 | Middle | 9.0% | -31.3pp |
| 672 | Shiloh Park Middle School Zion · Zion ESD 6 | Middle | 7.1% | -33.2pp |
| 673 | Kennedy Middle School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Middle | 6.7% | -33.6pp |
| 674 | Sandoval Jr High School Sandoval · Sandoval CUSD 501 | Middle | 6.3% | -34.0pp |
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 Science 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.