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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Timber Ridge Middle School Plainfield · Plainfield SD 202 | Middle | 56.2% | +5.2pp |
| 352 | Stratford Middle School Bloomingdale · CCSD 93 | Middle | 56.1% | +5.1pp |
| 353 | Gemini Middle School Niles · East Maine SD 63 | Middle | 55.9% | +4.9pp |
| 354 | Northbrook School Mendota · Mendota CCSD 289 | Middle | 55.8% | +4.8pp |
| 355 | Yorkville Middle School Yorkville · Yorkville CUSD 115 | Middle | 55.8% | +4.8pp |
| 356 | Griggsville-Perry Middle School Perry · Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4 | Middle | 55.7% | +4.7pp |
| 357 | Brownstown Jr High School Brownstown · Brownstown CUSD 201 | Middle | 55.6% | +4.6pp |
| 358 | Wood Dale Jr High School Wood Dale · Wood Dale SD 7 | Middle | 55.6% | +4.6pp |
| 359 | Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center Bourbonnais · Bourbonnais SD 53 | Middle | 55.4% | +4.4pp |
| 360 | Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch Crystal Lake · Crystal Lake CCSD 47 | Middle | 55.4% | +4.4pp |
| 361 | McHenry Middle School McHenry · McHenry CCSD 15 | Middle | 55.3% | +4.3pp |
| 362 | Lincoln Middle School Schiller Park · Schiller Park SD 81 | Middle | 55.1% | +4.1pp |
| 363 | River Trails Middle School Mount Prospect · River Trails SD 26 | Middle | 55.1% | +4.1pp |
| 364 | Wauconda Middle School Wauconda · Wauconda CUSD 118 | Middle | 55.1% | +4.1pp |
| 365 | Charleston Middle School Charleston · Charleston CUSD 1 | Middle | 54.8% | +3.8pp |
| 366 | Marquardt Middle School Glendale Hts · Marquardt SD 15 | Middle | 54.8% | +3.8pp |
| 367 | Minooka Jr High School Minooka · Minooka CCSD 201 | Middle | 54.8% | +3.8pp |
| 368 | Argenta-Oreana Middle School Argenta · Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1 | Middle | 54.7% | +3.7pp |
| 369 | Evergreen Academy Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Middle | 54.7% | +3.7pp |
| 370 | Algonquin Middle School Des Plaines · CCSD 62 | Middle | 54.5% | +3.5pp |
| 371 | Elmwood Junior High School Elmwood · Elmwood CUSD 322 | Middle | 54.5% | +3.5pp |
| 372 | Geo T Wilkins Jr High School Justice · Indian Springs SD 109 | Middle | 54.5% | +3.5pp |
| 373 | Lincoln Middle School Edwardsville · Edwardsville CUSD 7 | Middle | 54.5% | +3.5pp |
| 374 | Cooper Middle School Buffalo Grove · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Middle | 54.4% | +3.4pp |
| 375 | Fischer Middle School Aurora · Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Middle | 54.4% | +3.4pp |
| 376 | Winfield Central School Winfield · Winfield SD 34 | Middle | 54.3% | +3.3pp |
| 377 | Burr Ridge Middle School Burr Ridge · CCSD 180 | Middle | 54.2% | +3.2pp |
| 378 | Mt Zion Intermediate School Mount Zion · Mt Zion CUSD 3 | Middle | 54.2% | +3.2pp |
| 379 | Illini Central Middle School Mason City · Illini Central CUSD 189 | Middle | 54.0% | +3.0pp |
| 380 | Salt Fork Junior High School Sidell · Salt Fork CUSD 512 | Middle | 54.0% | +3.0pp |
| 381 | Stevenson Middle School Melrose Park · Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 | Middle | 53.9% | +2.9pp |
| 382 | Western Jr High School Kinderhook · Western CUSD 12 | Middle | 53.9% | +2.9pp |
| 383 | Sangamon Valley Middle School Illiopolis · Sangamon Valley CUSD 9 | Middle | 53.8% | +2.8pp |
| 384 | Unity Jr High School Tolono · Tolono CUSD 7 | Middle | 53.8% | +2.8pp |
| 385 | Friendship Jr High School Des Plaines · Comm Cons SD 59 | Middle | 53.7% | +2.7pp |
| 386 | St Elmo Jr High School Saint Elmo · St Elmo CUSD 202 | Middle | 53.7% | +2.7pp |
| 387 | Rochelle Middle School Rochelle · Rochelle CCSD 231 | Middle | 53.6% | +2.6pp |
| 388 | Sycamore Middle School Sycamore · Sycamore CUSD 427 | Middle | 53.4% | +2.4pp |
| 389 | Aplington Middle School Polo · Polo CUSD 222 | Middle | 53.2% | +2.2pp |
| 390 | Glenn Westlake Middle School Lombard · Lombard SD 44 | Middle | 53.1% | +2.1pp |
| 391 | Jack Hille Middle School Oak Forest · Forest Ridge SD 142 | Middle | 53.1% | +2.1pp |
| 392 | Plank Junior High Oswego · CUSD 308 | Middle | 53.1% | +2.1pp |
| 393 | Bradley Central Middle School Bradley · Bradley SD 61 | Middle | 52.7% | +1.7pp |
| 394 | Riverton Middle School Riverton · Riverton CUSD 14 | Middle | 52.7% | +1.7pp |
| 395 | Heritage Middle School Lansing · Sunnybrook SD 171 | Middle | 52.6% | +1.6pp |
| 396 | Marengo Comm Middle School Marengo · Marengo-Union E Cons D 165 | Middle | 52.6% | +1.6pp |
| 397 | Washington Intermediate School Pekin · Pekin PSD 108 | Middle | 52.6% | +1.6pp |
| 398 | Carl Sandburg Middle School Rolling Meadows · Palatine CCSD 15 | Middle | 52.3% | +1.3pp |
| 399 | Rochester Intermediate School Rochester · Rochester CUSD 3A | Middle | 52.3% | +1.3pp |
| 400 | Carl Sandburg Middle School Mundelein · Mundelein ESD 75 | Middle | 52.2% | +1.2pp |
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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.