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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Prospect Elem School Clarendon Hills · Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Elementary | 89.0% | +38.0pp |
| 52 | Forest Hills Elem School Western Springs · Western Springs SD 101 | Elementary | 88.9% | +37.9pp |
| 53 | Tri-Valley Elem School Downs · Tri Valley CUSD 3 | Elementary | 88.8% | +37.8pp |
| 54 | Avoca West Elem School Glenview · Avoca SD 37 | Elementary | 88.6% | +37.6pp |
| 55 | Shabonee School Northbrook · Northbrook ESD 27 | Elementary | 88.6% | +37.6pp |
| 56 | Sunset Ridge Elem School Northfield · Sunset Ridge SD 29 | Middle | 88.6% | +37.6pp |
| 57 | Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus Lake Zurich · Lake Zurich CUSD 95 | Middle | 88.4% | +37.4pp |
| 58 | Pleasantdale Middle Sch Burr Ridge · Pleasantdale SD 107 | Middle | 88.2% | +37.2pp |
| 59 | Spencer Loomis Elementary School Hawthorn Woods · Lake Zurich CUSD 95 | Elementary | 88.2% | +37.2pp |
| 60 | Prairie Elem School Naperville · Naperville CUSD 203 | Elementary | 87.9% | +36.9pp |
| 61 | Copeland Manor Elem School Libertyville · Libertyville SD 70 | Elementary | 87.8% | +36.8pp |
| 62 | Franklin Middle School Wheaton · CUSD 200 | Middle | 87.8% | +36.8pp |
| 63 | Greeley Elem School Winnetka · Winnetka SD 36 | Elementary | 87.8% | +36.8pp |
| 64 | The Joseph Sears School Kenilworth · Kenilworth SD 38 | Elementary | 87.6% | +36.6pp |
| 65 | Maplebrook Elem School Naperville · Naperville CUSD 203 | Elementary | 87.5% | +36.5pp |
| 66 | Highlands Middle School La Grange Highlands · LaGrange Highlands SD 106 | Middle | 87.4% | +36.4pp |
| 67 | Independence Jr High School Palos Heights · Palos Heights SD 128 | Middle | 87.4% | +36.4pp |
| 68 | Stockton Middle School Stockton · Stockton CUSD 206 | Middle | 87.4% | +36.4pp |
| 69 | Willard Elem School River Forest · River Forest SD 90 | Elementary | 87.4% | +36.4pp |
| 70 | Hillcrest Elem School Downers Grove · Downers Grove GSD 58 | Elementary | 87.3% | +36.3pp |
| 71 | Lincoln Elem School Elmhurst · Elmhurst SD 205 | Elementary | 87.3% | +36.3pp |
| 72 | Iroquois West Elem School/Gilman Gilman · Iroquois West CUSD 10 | Elementary | 87.2% | +36.2pp |
| 73 | Alan B Shepard Middle School Deerfield · Deerfield SD 109 | Middle | 87.1% | +36.1pp |
| 74 | Charles J Caruso Middle School Deerfield · Deerfield SD 109 | Middle | 87.1% | +36.1pp |
| 75 | Goodfield Elem School Goodfield · Eureka CUD 140 | Elementary | 87.0% | +36.0pp |
| 76 | Gordon Gregory Middle School Naperville · Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Middle | 87.0% | +36.0pp |
| 77 | L J Hauser Jr High School Riverside · Riverside SD 96 | Middle | 86.9% | +35.9pp |
| 78 | Walker School Clarendon Hills · Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Elementary | 86.9% | +35.9pp |
| 79 | Bartelso Elem School Bartelso · Bartelso SD 57 | Elementary | 86.8% | +35.8pp |
| 80 | Willowbrook Middle School South Beloit · Prairie Hill CCSD 133 | Middle | 86.8% | +35.8pp |
| 81 | Bannockburn School Bannockburn · Bannockburn SD 106 | Elementary | 86.7% | +35.7pp |
| 82 | Burley Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 86.7% | +35.7pp |
| 83 | Audubon Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 86.6% | +35.6pp |
| 84 | Oak Prairie Jr High School Homer Glen · Will County SD 92 | Middle | 86.6% | +35.6pp |
| 85 | Hubbard Woods Elem School Winnetka · Winnetka SD 36 | Elementary | 86.5% | +35.5pp |
| 86 | Highlands Elem School La Grange Highlands · LaGrange Highlands SD 106 | Elementary | 86.4% | +35.4pp |
| 87 | Lincoln Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 86.4% | +35.4pp |
| 88 | Prairieview-Ogden Jr High Sch Thomasboro · Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197 | Middle | 86.4% | +35.4pp |
| 89 | Roselle Middle School Roselle · Roselle SD 12 | Middle | 86.4% | +35.4pp |
| 90 | Adler Park School Libertyville · Libertyville SD 70 | Elementary | 86.3% | +35.3pp |
| 91 | Bell-Graham Elementary School Saint Charles · St Charles CUSD 303 | Elementary | 86.3% | +35.3pp |
| 92 | Deer Path Middle Sch West Lake Forest · Lake Forest SD 67 | Middle | 86.3% | +35.3pp |
| 93 | Fabyan Elementary School Geneva · Geneva CUSD 304 | Elementary | 86.3% | +35.3pp |
| 94 | Morton Jr High School Morton · Morton CUSD 709 | Middle | 86.3% | +35.3pp |
| 95 | Spring Ave Elem School La Grange · La Grange SD 105 South | Elementary | 86.3% | +35.3pp |
| 96 | Deer Path Middle Sch East Lake Forest · Lake Forest SD 67 | Middle | 86.1% | +35.1pp |
| 97 | Fred Rodgers Magnet Acad Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Middle | 86.1% | +35.1pp |
| 98 | Hough Street Elem School Barrington · Barrington CUSD 220 | Elementary | 86.1% | +35.1pp |
| 99 | Thomas Dooley Elem School Schaumburg · Schaumburg CCSD 54 | Elementary | 86.1% | +35.1pp |
| 100 | Meadowbrook Elem School Northbrook · Northbrook SD 28 | Elementary | 86.0% | +35.0pp |
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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.