Illinois schools ranked by test score
Latest IAR + ISA year (2024-25). 2,884 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | Prairie Central Upper Elementary Forrest · Prairie Central CUSD 8 | Middle | 70.3% | +19.3pp |
| 552 | Union Ridge Elem School Harwood Heights · Union Ridge SD 86 | Elementary | 70.3% | +19.3pp |
| 553 | Chadwick-Milledgeville Elem Sch Milledgeville · Chadwick-Milledgeville CUSD 399 | Elementary | 70.2% | +19.2pp |
| 554 | Heineman Middle School Algonquin · Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 | Middle | 70.2% | +19.2pp |
| 555 | Michael Collins Elem School Schaumburg · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 70.2% | +19.2pp |
| 556 | Black Magnet Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 70.1% | +19.1pp |
| 557 | Dwight D Eisenhower JHS Hoffman Estates · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Middle | 70.1% | +19.1pp |
| 558 | Alex M Martino Jr High School New Lenox · New Lenox SD 122 | Middle | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 559 | Disney II Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 560 | Ebinger Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 561 | Mary Morgan Elem Sch Byron · Byron CUSD 226 | Elementary | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 562 | Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch Oak Lawn · Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 | Middle | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 563 | Oriole Park Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 70.0% | +19.0pp |
| 564 | Chadwick-Milledgeville Jr HS Milledgeville · Chadwick-Milledgeville CUSD 399 | High | 69.9% | +18.9pp |
| 565 | Forest Elem School Des Plaines · CCSD 62 | Elementary | 69.9% | +18.9pp |
| 566 | High Point Elem School Orland Park · Orland SD 135 | Elementary | 69.9% | +18.9pp |
| 567 | Kellogg Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 69.9% | +18.9pp |
| 568 | Roscoe Middle School Roscoe · Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 | Middle | 69.9% | +18.9pp |
| 569 | Memorial Elem School Tinley Park · CCSD 146 | Elementary | 69.8% | +18.8pp |
| 570 | Munhall Elem School Saint Charles · St Charles CUSD 303 | Elementary | 69.8% | +18.8pp |
| 571 | Carlyle Junior High School Carlyle · Carlyle CUSD 1 | Middle | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 572 | Crestwood Jr High School Paris · Paris CUSD 4 | Middle | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 573 | J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elem Sch O Fallon · O Fallon CCSD 90 | Elementary | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 574 | Spring Trail Elementary School Carol Stream · SD U-46 | Elementary | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 575 | Union Elementary School Joliet · Union SD 81 | Elementary | 69.7% | +18.7pp |
| 576 | J Giles Elem School Norridge · Norridge SD 80 | Middle | 69.6% | +18.6pp |
| 577 | Mary Endres Elementary School Woodstock · Woodstock CUSD 200 | Elementary | 69.6% | +18.6pp |
| 578 | Prairie Du Rocher Elem School Prairie Du Rocher · Prairie Du Rocher CCSD 134 | Elementary | 69.6% | +18.6pp |
| 579 | Emmons Grade School Antioch · Emmons SD 33 | Elementary | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 580 | Forreston Grade School Forreston · Forrestville Valley CUSD 221 | Elementary | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 581 | Geneva Middle Sch South Geneva · Geneva CUSD 304 | Middle | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 582 | John Laidlaw Elem School Western Springs · Western Springs SD 101 | Elementary | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 583 | Milne Grove Elem School Lockport · Lockport SD 91 | Elementary | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 584 | Reed-Custer Middle School Braidwood · Reed Custer CUSD 255U | Middle | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 585 | Shiloh Middle School Shiloh · Shiloh Village SD 85 | Middle | 69.5% | +18.5pp |
| 586 | Danielle-Joy Peterson Elem Sch Naperville · Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Elementary | 69.4% | +18.4pp |
| 587 | Dawes Elementary School Evanston · Evanston CCSD 65 | Elementary | 69.3% | +18.3pp |
| 588 | Jasper Elem School Fairfield · Jasper CCSD 17 | Elementary | 69.3% | +18.3pp |
| 589 | Jefferson Elem School Morton · Morton CUSD 709 | Elementary | 69.3% | +18.3pp |
| 590 | Mokena Intermediate School Mokena · Mokena SD 159 | Elementary | 69.3% | +18.3pp |
| 591 | Walnut Trails Elem School Shorewood · Minooka CCSD 201 | Elementary | 69.3% | +18.3pp |
| 592 | West Prairie South Elementary Sch Colchester · West Prairie CUSD 103 | Elementary | 69.3% | +18.3pp |
| 593 | Arbor View Elem School Glen Ellyn · CCSD 89 | Elementary | 69.2% | +18.2pp |
| 594 | Kings Elementary School Kings · Kings Cons SD 144 | Elementary | 69.2% | +18.2pp |
| 595 | Percy Julian Middle School Oak Park · Oak Park ESD 97 | Middle | 69.1% | +18.1pp |
| 596 | St Joseph Elem School Saint Joseph · St Joseph CCSD 169 | Elementary | 69.1% | +18.1pp |
| 597 | William J Butler School Lockport · Homer CCSD 33C | Elementary | 69.1% | +18.1pp |
| 598 | Albion Grade School Albion · Edwards County CUSD 1 | Elementary | 69.0% | +18.0pp |
| 599 | Fremont Intermediate School Mundelein · Fremont SD 79 | Elementary | 69.0% | +18.0pp |
| 600 | Tri-C Elementary School Carterville · Carterville CUSD 5 | Elementary | 69.0% | +18.0pp |
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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.