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Illinois schools ranked by test score

Latest IAR + ISA year (2024-25). 677 schools with reported Mathematics scores. State average: 37.9%.
RankSchoolLevelMathematicsvs state
251Northwood Middle School
Woodstock · Woodstock CUSD 200
Middle39.4%+1.5pp
252Westchester Middle School
Westchester · Westchester SD 92-5
Middle39.4%+1.5pp
253Friendship Jr High School
Des Plaines · Comm Cons SD 59
Middle39.2%+1.3pp
254Kaneland Harter Middle School
Sugar Grove · Kaneland CUSD 302
Middle39.2%+1.3pp
255Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch
Paxton · Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10
Middle39.2%+1.3pp
256Richland County Middle School
Olney · Richland County CUSD 1
Middle38.7%+0.8pp
257Algonquin Middle School
Algonquin · CUSD 300
Middle38.4%+0.5pp
258River Bend Middle School
Fulton · River Bend CUSD 2
Middle38.3%+0.4pp
259Wauconda Middle School
Wauconda · Wauconda CUSD 118
Middle38.2%+0.3pp
260Cissna Park Jr High School
Cissna Park · Cissna Park CUSD 6
Middle37.9%+0.0pp
261Antioch Upper Grade School
Antioch · Antioch CCSD 34
Middle37.8%-0.1pp
262Glenn Westlake Middle School
Lombard · Lombard SD 44
Middle37.8%-0.1pp
263Marengo Comm Middle School
Marengo · Marengo-Union E Cons D 165
Middle37.8%-0.1pp
264Warrensburg-Latham Middle Sch
Warrensburg · Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11
Middle37.8%-0.1pp
265Wilmington Middle School
Wilmington · Wilmington CUSD 209U
Middle37.8%-0.1pp
266Brown County Middle School
Mount Sterling · Brown County CUSD 1
Middle37.7%-0.2pp
267Scales Mound Jr High School
Scales Mound · Scales Mound CUSD 211
Middle37.7%-0.2pp
268Watseka Junior High School
Watseka · Iroquois County CUSD 9
Middle37.6%-0.3pp
269Jackson Middle School
Villa Park · SD 45 DuPage County
Middle37.5%-0.4pp
270Marshall Jr High School
Marshall · Marshall CUSD 2C
Middle37.5%-0.4pp
271Auburn Jr High at Divernon
Divernon · Auburn CUSD 10
Middle37.4%-0.5pp
272Chillicothe Jr High
Chillicothe · Il Valley Central USD 321
Middle37.4%-0.5pp
273East Prairie Middle School
Tuscola · Tuscola CUSD 301
Middle37.3%-0.6pp
274Hillsboro Jr High School
Hillsboro · Hillsboro CUSD 3
Middle37.3%-0.6pp
275Mayo Middle School
Paris · Paris-Union SD 95
Middle37.3%-0.6pp
276Gillespie Middle School
Gillespie · Gillespie CUSD 7
Middle37.2%-0.7pp
277Hester Jr High School
Franklin Park · Franklin Park SD 84
Middle37.2%-0.7pp
278Reed-Custer Middle School
Braidwood · Reed Custer CUSD 255U
Middle37.2%-0.7pp
279Crestwood Jr High School
Paris · Paris CUSD 4
Middle37.1%-0.8pp
280Olympia Middle School
Stanford · Olympia CUSD 16
Middle36.9%-1.0pp
281Chiddix Jr High School
Normal · McLean County USD 5
Middle36.5%-1.4pp
282Geo T Wilkins Jr High School
Justice · Indian Springs SD 109
Middle36.4%-1.5pp
283Gemini Middle School
Niles · East Maine SD 63
Middle36.3%-1.6pp
284Herget Middle School
Aurora · Aurora West USD 129
Middle36.2%-1.7pp
285Herrin Middle School
Herrin · Herrin CUSD 4
Middle36.2%-1.7pp
286Morrison Jr High School
Morrison · Morrison CUSD 6
Middle36.2%-1.7pp
287Rochester Jr High School
Rochester · Rochester CUSD 3A
Middle36.2%-1.7pp
288Sycamore Middle School
Sycamore · Sycamore CUSD 427
Middle36.2%-1.7pp
289Fieldcrest Middle School
Wenona · Fieldcrest CUSD 6
Middle36.0%-1.9pp
290Frederick School
Grayslake · Grayslake CCSD 46
Middle36.0%-1.9pp
291Grayslake Middle School
Grayslake · Grayslake CCSD 46
Middle36.0%-1.9pp
292Hannah Beardsley Middle School
Crystal Lake · Crystal Lake CCSD 47
Middle36.0%-1.9pp
293Cary Jr High School
Cary · Cary CCSD 26
Middle35.8%-2.1pp
294Litchfield Middle School
Litchfield · Litchfield CUSD 12
Middle35.8%-2.1pp
295John L Nash Middle School
Clifton · Central CUSD 4
Middle35.7%-2.2pp
296Peotone Jr High School
Peotone · Peotone CUSD 207U
Middle35.7%-2.2pp
297Taylorville Jr High School
Taylorville · Taylorville CUSD 3
Middle35.7%-2.2pp
298Amboy Jr High School
Amboy · Amboy CUSD 272
Middle35.6%-2.3pp
299GCMS Middle School
Gibson City · Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5
Middle35.4%-2.5pp
300Greenville Jr High School
Greenville · Bond County CUSD 2
Middle35.3%-2.6pp
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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 Mathematics 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.