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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Massac Jr High School Metropolis · Massac UD 1 | Middle | 73.1% | +22.1pp |
| 152 | Northwood Middle School Woodstock · Woodstock CUSD 200 | Middle | 73.1% | +22.1pp |
| 153 | Fremont Jr High/Middle School Mundelein · Fremont SD 79 | Middle | 73.0% | +22.0pp |
| 154 | Northwood Middle School Highland Park · North Shore SD 112 | Middle | 72.9% | +21.9pp |
| 155 | Wilmington Middle School Wilmington · Wilmington CUSD 209U | Middle | 72.9% | +21.9pp |
| 156 | Chillicothe Jr High Chillicothe · Il Valley Central USD 321 | Middle | 72.8% | +21.8pp |
| 157 | Meridian Jr High School Stillman Valley · Meridian CUSD 223 | Middle | 72.8% | +21.8pp |
| 158 | Millburn Middle School Lindenhurst · Millburn CCSD 24 | Middle | 72.8% | +21.8pp |
| 159 | Marlowe Middle School Lake in the Hills · Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 | Middle | 72.6% | +21.6pp |
| 160 | Channahon Junior High School Channahon · Channahon SD 17 | Middle | 72.5% | +21.5pp |
| 161 | Peotone Jr High School Peotone · Peotone CUSD 207U | Middle | 72.4% | +21.4pp |
| 162 | Richard Ira Jones Middle School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Middle | 72.2% | +21.2pp |
| 163 | Francis Granger Middle School Aurora · Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Middle | 72.1% | +21.1pp |
| 164 | John J Lukancic Middle Sch Romeoville · Valley View CUSD 365U | Middle | 72.1% | +21.1pp |
| 165 | Century Junior High School Orland Park · Orland SD 135 | Middle | 71.9% | +20.9pp |
| 166 | Riverdale Middle School Port Byron · Riverdale CUSD 100 | Middle | 71.9% | +20.9pp |
| 167 | Wm F Gurrie Middle School La Grange · La Grange SD 105 South | Middle | 71.9% | +20.9pp |
| 168 | Jane Addams Middle School Bolingbrook · Valley View CUSD 365U | Middle | 71.8% | +20.8pp |
| 169 | Liberty Junior High School New Lenox · New Lenox SD 122 | Middle | 71.8% | +20.8pp |
| 170 | Moulton Elementary School Shelbyville · Shelbyville CUSD 4 | Middle | 71.7% | +20.7pp |
| 171 | Virgil I Grissom Middle School Tinley Park · Kirby SD 140 | Middle | 71.7% | +20.7pp |
| 172 | Benjamin Middle School West Chicago · Benjamin SD 25 | Middle | 71.5% | +20.5pp |
| 173 | Roanoke-Benson Jr High School Benson · Roanoke Benson CUSD 60 | Middle | 71.4% | +20.4pp |
| 174 | A Vito Martinez Middle School Romeoville · Valley View CUSD 365U | Middle | 71.2% | +20.2pp |
| 175 | Nichols Middle School Evanston · Evanston CCSD 65 | Middle | 71.1% | +20.1pp |
| 176 | Pinckneyville Middle School Pinckneyville · Pinckneyville SD 50 | Middle | 71.1% | +20.1pp |
| 177 | Eastview Middle School Bartlett · SD U-46 | Middle | 71.0% | +20.0pp |
| 178 | Robert Frost JHS Schaumburg · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Middle | 71.0% | +20.0pp |
| 179 | Amelia V Carriel Jr High O Fallon · O Fallon CCSD 90 | Middle | 70.8% | +19.8pp |
| 180 | East Prairie Middle School Tuscola · Tuscola CUSD 301 | Middle | 70.4% | +19.4pp |
| 181 | Monticello Middle School Monticello · Monticello CUSD 25 | Middle | 70.4% | +19.4pp |
| 182 | Hubble Middle School Warrenville · CUSD 200 | Middle | 70.3% | +19.3pp |
| 183 | Medora Intermediate School Medora · Southwestern CUSD 9 | Middle | 70.3% | +19.3pp |
| 184 | Prairie Central Upper Elementary Forrest · Prairie Central CUSD 8 | Middle | 70.3% | +19.3pp |
| 185 | Heineman Middle School Algonquin · Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 | Middle | 70.2% | +19.2pp |
| 186 | Dwight D Eisenhower JHS Hoffman Estates · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Middle | 70.1% | +19.1pp |
| 187 | Alex M Martino Jr High School New Lenox · New Lenox SD 122 | Middle | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 188 | Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch Oak Lawn · Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 | Middle | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 189 | Roscoe Middle School Roscoe · Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 | Middle | 69.9% | +18.9pp |
| 190 | Carlyle Junior High School Carlyle · Carlyle CUSD 1 | Middle | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 191 | Crestwood Jr High School Paris · Paris CUSD 4 | Middle | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 192 | J Giles Elem School Norridge · Norridge SD 80 | Middle | 69.6% | +18.6pp |
| 193 | Geneva Middle Sch South Geneva · Geneva CUSD 304 | Middle | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 194 | Reed-Custer Middle School Braidwood · Reed Custer CUSD 255U | Middle | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 195 | Shiloh Middle School Shiloh · Shiloh Village SD 85 | Middle | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 196 | Percy Julian Middle School Oak Park · Oak Park ESD 97 | Middle | 69.1% | +18.1pp |
| 197 | Wolf Branch Middle School Swansea · Wolf Branch SD 113 | Middle | 69.0% | +18.0pp |
| 198 | Westview Hills Middle School Willowbrook · Maercker SD 60 | Middle | 68.9% | +17.9pp |
| 199 | Mascoutah Middle School Mascoutah · Mascoutah CUD 19 | Middle | 68.8% | +17.8pp |
| 200 | Unity Middle School Mendon · CUSD 4 | Middle | 68.7% | +17.7pp |
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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.