Illinois schools ranked by test score
Latest IAR + ISA year (2024-25). 674 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 40.3%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Old Quarry Middle Sch Lemont · Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A | Middle | 74.0% | +33.7pp |
| 52 | The Skokie School Winnetka · Winnetka SD 36 | Middle | 73.7% | +33.4pp |
| 53 | Geneva Middle Sch South Geneva · Geneva CUSD 304 | Middle | 73.3% | +33.0pp |
| 54 | Lincoln Jr High School Naperville · Naperville CUSD 203 | Middle | 73.2% | +32.9pp |
| 55 | Byron Middle School Byron · Byron CUSD 226 | Middle | 73.1% | +32.8pp |
| 56 | Lake Bluff Middle School Lake Bluff · Lake Bluff ESD 65 | Middle | 72.5% | +32.2pp |
| 57 | Lincoln Middle School Park Ridge · Park Ridge CCSD 64 | Middle | 72.3% | +32.0pp |
| 58 | Edgewood Middle School Highland Park · North Shore SD 112 | Middle | 72.1% | +31.8pp |
| 59 | Fremont Jr High/Middle School Mundelein · Fremont SD 79 | Middle | 72.1% | +31.8pp |
| 60 | L J Hauser Jr High School Riverside · Riverside SD 96 | Middle | 71.9% | +31.6pp |
| 61 | MacArthur Middle School Prospect Heights · Prospect Heights SD 23 | Middle | 71.8% | +31.5pp |
| 62 | Fulton Jr High School O Fallon · O Fallon CCSD 90 | Middle | 71.7% | +31.4pp |
| 63 | Highcrest Middle School Wilmette · Wilmette SD 39 | Middle | 71.5% | +31.2pp |
| 64 | Edinburg Jr High School Edinburg · Edinburg CUSD 4 | Middle | 71.4% | +31.1pp |
| 65 | Pleasantdale Middle Sch Burr Ridge · Pleasantdale SD 107 | Middle | 71.1% | +30.8pp |
| 66 | Central Intermediate Sch Washington · Central SD 51 | Middle | 71.0% | +30.7pp |
| 67 | Attea Middle School Glenview · Glenview CCSD 34 | Middle | 70.9% | +30.6pp |
| 68 | Tri-Valley Middle School Downs · Tri Valley CUSD 3 | Middle | 70.9% | +30.6pp |
| 69 | Gower Middle School Burr Ridge · Gower SD 62 | Middle | 70.6% | +30.3pp |
| 70 | Morton Jr High School Morton · Morton CUSD 709 | Middle | 70.5% | +30.2pp |
| 71 | Washington Jr High School Naperville · Naperville CUSD 203 | Middle | 70.5% | +30.2pp |
| 72 | Palos South Middle School Palos Park · Palos CCSD 118 | Middle | 70.1% | +29.8pp |
| 73 | Staunton Jr High School Staunton · Staunton CUSD 6 | Middle | 70.1% | +29.8pp |
| 74 | Alan B Shepard Middle School Deerfield · Deerfield SD 109 | Middle | 69.9% | +29.6pp |
| 75 | Francis Granger Middle School Aurora · Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Middle | 69.8% | +29.5pp |
| 76 | Franklin Middle School Wheaton · CUSD 200 | Middle | 69.8% | +29.5pp |
| 77 | McClure Jr High School Western Springs · Western Springs SD 101 | Middle | 69.7% | +29.4pp |
| 78 | Homer Jr High School Homer Glen · Homer CCSD 33C | Middle | 69.6% | +29.3pp |
| 79 | Lakeview Jr High School Downers Grove · Center Cass SD 66 | Middle | 69.4% | +29.1pp |
| 80 | Barrington Middle Sch Station Barrington · Barrington CUSD 220 | Middle | 69.3% | +29.0pp |
| 81 | Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School Mahomet · Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 | Middle | 69.3% | +29.0pp |
| 82 | New Berlin Jr High School New Berlin · New Berlin CUSD 16 | Middle | 69.2% | +28.9pp |
| 83 | Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus Hawthorn Woods · Lake Zurich CUSD 95 | Middle | 68.8% | +28.5pp |
| 84 | Heritage Grove Middle School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Middle | 68.4% | +28.1pp |
| 85 | John E Albright Middle School Villa Park · Salt Creek SD 48 | Middle | 68.3% | +28.0pp |
| 86 | Washington Middle School Washington · Washington SD 52 | Middle | 68.2% | +27.9pp |
| 87 | Marlowe Middle School Lake in the Hills · Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 | Middle | 68.1% | +27.8pp |
| 88 | Monroe Middle School Wheaton · CUSD 200 | Middle | 68.0% | +27.7pp |
| 89 | Thompson Middle School Saint Charles · St Charles CUSD 303 | Middle | 68.0% | +27.7pp |
| 90 | Bednarcik Junior High School Aurora · CUSD 308 | Middle | 67.9% | +27.6pp |
| 91 | Lisle Jr High School Lisle · Lisle CUSD 202 | Middle | 67.9% | +27.6pp |
| 92 | Century Junior High School Orland Park · Orland SD 135 | Middle | 67.8% | +27.5pp |
| 93 | Lincoln Magnet School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Middle | 67.7% | +27.4pp |
| 94 | Roosevelt School River Forest · River Forest SD 90 | Middle | 67.7% | +27.4pp |
| 95 | Eureka Middle School Eureka · Eureka CUD 140 | Middle | 67.6% | +27.3pp |
| 96 | Field School Northbrook · West Northfield SD 31 | Middle | 67.5% | +27.2pp |
| 97 | Hawthorn Middle School North Vernon Hills · Hawthorn CCSD 73 | Middle | 67.5% | +27.2pp |
| 98 | Triad Middle School Saint Jacob · Triad CUSD 2 | Middle | 67.5% | +27.2pp |
| 99 | Heineman Middle School Algonquin · Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 | Middle | 67.1% | +26.8pp |
| 100 | Peotone Jr High School Peotone · Peotone CUSD 207U | Middle | 67.0% | +26.7pp |
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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 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.