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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | Three Rivers School Channahon · Channahon SD 17 | Middle | 68.0% | +17.0pp |
| 652 | Central School Lemont · Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A | Elementary | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 653 | Hinckley-Big Rock Middle Sch Big Rock · Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429 | Middle | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 654 | LaSalle Elem Language Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 655 | Lisle Elementary School Lisle · Lisle CUSD 202 | Elementary | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 656 | Norwood Park Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 657 | Thorp O A Elem Scholastic Acad Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 658 | Western Avenue Elem School Flossmoor · Flossmoor SD 161 | Elementary | 67.9% | +16.9pp |
| 659 | Marion Jordan Elem School Palatine · Palatine CCSD 15 | Elementary | 67.8% | +16.8pp |
| 660 | Nelson Ridge School New Lenox · New Lenox SD 122 | Middle | 67.8% | +16.8pp |
| 661 | Sullivan Elem School Sullivan · Sullivan CUSD 300 | Elementary | 67.8% | +16.8pp |
| 662 | Unity East Philo · Tolono CUSD 7 | Elementary | 67.8% | +16.8pp |
| 663 | Metamora Grade School Metamora · Metamora CCSD 1 | Elementary | 67.7% | +16.7pp |
| 664 | Murphy Junior High School Plainfield · CUSD 308 | Middle | 67.7% | +16.7pp |
| 665 | New Athens Elem New Athens · New Athens CUSD 60 | Elementary | 67.7% | +16.7pp |
| 666 | Wildwood Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 67.7% | +16.7pp |
| 667 | Troy Middle School Plainfield · Troy CCSD 30C | Middle | 67.6% | +16.6pp |
| 668 | Centennial Elem School Polo · Polo CUSD 222 | Elementary | 67.5% | +16.5pp |
| 669 | LaSalle II Lang Acad Elem Sch Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 67.5% | +16.5pp |
| 670 | Chappell Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 67.4% | +16.4pp |
| 671 | Pleasant Hill Elem School Winfield · CUSD 200 | Elementary | 67.4% | +16.4pp |
| 672 | Summersville Grade School Mount Vernon · Summersville SD 79 | Elementary | 67.4% | +16.4pp |
| 673 | Luther J Schilling School Homer Glen · Homer CCSD 33C | Elementary | 67.3% | +16.3pp |
| 674 | Millennium Elem School Tinley Park · Kirby SD 140 | Elementary | 67.3% | +16.3pp |
| 675 | Poplar Grove Elem School Poplar Grove · North Boone CUSD 200 | Elementary | 67.3% | +16.3pp |
| 676 | Whitman Post Elem School Rockton · Rockton SD 140 | Elementary | 67.3% | +16.3pp |
| 677 | Dupo Jr High School Dupo · Comm Unit School District No 196 | Middle | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 678 | Erie Elem School Erie · Erie CUSD 1 | Elementary | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 679 | Glenwood Intermediate Sch Chatham · Ball Chatham CUSD 5 | Middle | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 680 | Lincoln Grade School Washington · Washington SD 52 | Elementary | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 681 | Manor Hill Elem School Lombard · Lombard SD 44 | Elementary | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 682 | Nokomis Jr/Sr High Sch Nokomis · Nokomis CUSD 22 | High | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 683 | Westgate Elem School Arlington Heights · Arlington Heights SD 25 | Elementary | 67.2% | +16.2pp |
| 684 | Ashton-Franklin Center HS Ashton · Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275 | High | 67.1% | +16.1pp |
| 685 | Highland Elementary School Skokie · Skokie SD 68 | Elementary | 67.1% | +16.1pp |
| 686 | Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk Chicago · Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Pk | Combined | 67.1% | +16.1pp |
| 687 | Kinnikinnick School Roscoe · Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 | Elementary | 67.1% | +16.1pp |
| 688 | Martin Elementary School Lake in the Hills · Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 | Elementary | 67.1% | +16.1pp |
| 689 | Chute Middle School Evanston · Evanston CCSD 65 | Middle | 67.0% | +16.0pp |
| 690 | Dimmick Comm Cons SD 175 La Salle · Dimmick Comm Cons SD #175 | Elementary | 67.0% | +16.0pp |
| 691 | Dujardin Elementary School Bloomingdale · Bloomingdale SD 13 | Elementary | 67.0% | +16.0pp |
| 692 | Glen Crest Middle School Glen Ellyn · CCSD 89 | Middle | 67.0% | +16.0pp |
| 693 | Nippersink Middle School Richmond · Nippersink SD 2 | Middle | 67.0% | +16.0pp |
| 694 | Park View Elem School Glen Ellyn · CCSD 89 | Elementary | 67.0% | +16.0pp |
| 695 | Carlinville Middle School Carlinville · Carlinville CUSD 1 | Middle | 66.9% | +15.9pp |
| 696 | Monroe Elem School Bartonville · Monroe SD 70 | Elementary | 66.9% | +15.9pp |
| 697 | Saratoga Elem School Morris · Saratoga CCSD 60C | Elementary | 66.9% | +15.9pp |
| 698 | Troy Shorewood School Shorewood · Troy CCSD 30C | Elementary | 66.9% | +15.9pp |
| 699 | Glenwood Elementary School Chatham · Ball Chatham CUSD 5 | Elementary | 66.8% | +15.8pp |
| 700 | Liberty Intermediate School Bourbonnais · Bourbonnais SD 53 | Middle | 66.8% | +15.8pp |
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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.