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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Scales Mound Jr High School Scales Mound · Scales Mound CUSD 211 | Middle | 60.4% | +9.4pp |
| 302 | Olympia Middle School Stanford · Olympia CUSD 16 | Middle | 60.3% | +9.3pp |
| 303 | Sumner Attendance Center Sumner · Red Hill CUSD 10 | Middle | 60.2% | +9.2pp |
| 304 | Georgetown Middle School Marquette Hts · N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102 | Middle | 60.1% | +9.1pp |
| 305 | Lincoln Middle School Berwyn · Berwyn North SD 98 | Middle | 60.1% | +9.1pp |
| 306 | Antioch Upper Grade School Antioch · Antioch CCSD 34 | Middle | 60.0% | +9.0pp |
| 307 | Brooks Middle School Bolingbrook · Valley View CUSD 365U | Middle | 59.8% | +8.8pp |
| 308 | Prairie Grove Junior High School Crystal Lake · Prairie Grove CSD 46 | Middle | 59.8% | +8.8pp |
| 309 | Tri-City Jr High School Buffalo · Tri City CUSD 1 | Middle | 59.8% | +8.8pp |
| 310 | Cary Jr High School Cary · Cary CCSD 26 | Middle | 59.7% | +8.7pp |
| 311 | Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch Paxton · Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10 | Middle | 59.7% | +8.7pp |
| 312 | Trico Jr High School Campbell Hill · Trico CUSD 176 | Middle | 59.5% | +8.5pp |
| 313 | Forest Park Middle School Forest Park · Forest Park SD 91 | Middle | 59.4% | +8.4pp |
| 314 | North Boone Middle School Poplar Grove · North Boone CUSD 200 | Middle | 59.4% | +8.4pp |
| 315 | Sullivan Middle School Sullivan · Sullivan CUSD 300 | Middle | 59.4% | +8.4pp |
| 316 | Orangeville Jr High School Orangeville · Orangeville CUSD 203 | Middle | 59.3% | +8.3pp |
| 317 | Medinah Middle School Roselle · Medinah SD 11 | Middle | 59.2% | +8.2pp |
| 318 | North Prairie Jr High Winthrop Harbor · Winthrop Harbor SD 1 | Middle | 59.1% | +8.1pp |
| 319 | Indian Trail Middle School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Middle | 59.0% | +8.0pp |
| 320 | Iroquois West Middle School Onarga · Iroquois West CUSD 10 | Middle | 59.0% | +8.0pp |
| 321 | Athens Junior High School Athens · Athens CUSD 213 | Middle | 58.8% | +7.8pp |
| 322 | Algonquin Middle School Algonquin · CUSD 300 | Middle | 58.7% | +7.7pp |
| 323 | Parker Junior High School Flossmoor · Flossmoor SD 161 | Middle | 58.4% | +7.4pp |
| 324 | Frederick School Grayslake · Grayslake CCSD 46 | Middle | 58.3% | +7.3pp |
| 325 | Mossville Jr High Mossville · Il Valley Central USD 321 | Middle | 58.3% | +7.3pp |
| 326 | Fieldcrest Middle School Wenona · Fieldcrest CUSD 6 | Middle | 58.1% | +7.1pp |
| 327 | Genoa-Kingston Middle School Genoa · Genoa Kingston CUSD 424 | Middle | 58.0% | +7.0pp |
| 328 | Hawthorn Middle School South Vernon Hills · Hawthorn CCSD 73 | Middle | 57.8% | +6.8pp |
| 329 | Southwestern Middle School Piasa · Southwestern CUSD 9 | Middle | 57.8% | +6.8pp |
| 330 | Cobden Jr High School Cobden · Cobden SUD 17 | Middle | 57.6% | +6.6pp |
| 331 | Drauden Point Middle School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Middle | 57.6% | +6.6pp |
| 332 | Bismarck-Henning Jr High School Bismarck · Bismarck Henning CUSD | Middle | 57.4% | +6.4pp |
| 333 | Geneseo Middle School Geneseo · Geneseo CUSD 228 | Middle | 57.4% | +6.4pp |
| 334 | Jay Stream Middle School Carol Stream · CCSD 93 | Middle | 57.3% | +6.3pp |
| 335 | Parkside Middle School Peru · Peru ESD 124 | Middle | 57.2% | +6.2pp |
| 336 | Joseph Arthur Middle School O Fallon · Central SD 104 | Middle | 57.1% | +6.1pp |
| 337 | Marshall Jr High School Marshall · Marshall CUSD 2C | Middle | 57.1% | +6.1pp |
| 338 | Havana Jr High School Havana · Havana CUSD 126 | Middle | 57.0% | +6.0pp |
| 339 | Chiddix Jr High School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Middle | 56.7% | +5.7pp |
| 340 | Hannah Beardsley Middle School Crystal Lake · Crystal Lake CCSD 47 | Middle | 56.7% | +5.7pp |
| 341 | Traughber Jr High School Oswego · CUSD 308 | Middle | 56.7% | +5.7pp |
| 342 | Chippewa Middle School Des Plaines · CCSD 62 | Middle | 56.6% | +5.6pp |
| 343 | West Jr High School Belleville · Belleville SD 118 | Middle | 56.6% | +5.6pp |
| 344 | V I T Jr High School Table Grove · V I T CUSD 2 | Middle | 56.5% | +5.5pp |
| 345 | Kenyon Woods Middle School South Elgin · SD U-46 | Middle | 56.4% | +5.4pp |
| 346 | Alden-Hebron Middle School Hebron · Alden Hebron SD 19 | Middle | 56.3% | +5.3pp |
| 347 | Fox River Grove Middle School Fox River Grove · Fox River Grove Cons SD 3 | Middle | 56.3% | +5.3pp |
| 348 | Gallatin Junior High School Junction · Gallatin CUSD 7 | Middle | 56.3% | +5.3pp |
| 349 | Heritage Middle School Berwyn · Berwyn South SD 100 | Middle | 56.3% | +5.3pp |
| 350 | Knoxville Jr High School Knoxville · Knoxville CUSD 202 | Middle | 56.2% | +5.2pp |
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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.