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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | Jones Elementary School Joliet · Minooka CCSD 201 | Elementary | 50.9% | -0.1pp |
| 1452 | Carl Sandburg Elem School Charleston · Charleston CUSD 1 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 1453 | Clinton Jr High School Clinton · Clinton CUSD 15 | Middle | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 1454 | Liberty Elem School Bartlett · SD U-46 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 1455 | North Side Elem School Fairfield · Fairfield PSD 112 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 1456 | Tamaroa Elem School Tamaroa · Tamaroa School Dist 5 | Elementary | 50.8% | -0.2pp |
| 1457 | Benton Grade Sch 5-8 Benton · Benton CCSD 47 | Middle | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 1458 | Brookwood Jr High School Glenwood · Brookwood SD 167 | Middle | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 1459 | Fairview Elem School Normal · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 1460 | Murphy Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 1461 | Northeast Elem Magnet School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Elementary | 50.7% | -0.3pp |
| 1462 | Bernard J Ward Elem School Bolingbrook · Valley View CUSD 365U | Elementary | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1463 | Henry W Longfellow Elem School Buffalo Grove · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Elementary | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1464 | Horizon Science Acad-Belmont Chicago · Horizon Science Acad-Belmont | Combined | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1465 | Ingersoll Middle School Canton · Canton Union SD 66 | Middle | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1466 | John L Nash Middle School Clifton · Central CUSD 4 | Middle | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1467 | Kellar School Robbins · Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5 | Middle | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1468 | Oak Grove School Bartonville · Oak Grove SD 68 Bartonville | Elementary | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1469 | Oster-Oakview School New Lenox · New Lenox SD 122 | Middle | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1470 | R O W V A Jr and Sr High School Oneida · R O W V A CUSD 208 | High | 50.6% | -0.4pp |
| 1471 | Amboy Jr High School Amboy · Amboy CUSD 272 | Middle | 50.5% | -0.5pp |
| 1472 | Colemon J Elem Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.5% | -0.5pp |
| 1473 | Minooka Elem School Minooka · Minooka CCSD 201 | Elementary | 50.5% | -0.5pp |
| 1474 | Oakton Elem School Evanston · Evanston CCSD 65 | Elementary | 50.5% | -0.5pp |
| 1475 | Vandalia Elementary School Vandalia · Vandalia CUSD 203 | Elementary | 50.5% | -0.5pp |
| 1476 | Walter F Fierke Ed Center Oak Forest · CCSD 146 | Elementary | 50.5% | -0.5pp |
| 1477 | Dirksen Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.4% | -0.6pp |
| 1478 | Dunne Technology Acad Elem Sch Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.4% | -0.6pp |
| 1479 | Grimes Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.4% | -0.6pp |
| 1480 | Sandburg Elem School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Elementary | 50.4% | -0.6pp |
| 1481 | Eisenhower Jr High School Darien · Darien SD 61 | Middle | 50.3% | -0.7pp |
| 1482 | Reavis Elem School Lansing · Lansing SD 158 | Elementary | 50.3% | -0.7pp |
| 1483 | Goudy Technology Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.2% | -0.8pp |
| 1484 | Lovett Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.2% | -0.8pp |
| 1485 | Dorris Intermediate Sch Collinsville · Collinsville CUSD 10 | Middle | 50.1% | -0.9pp |
| 1486 | Great Lakes Academy Charter ES Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 50.1% | -0.9pp |
| 1487 | Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS Mansfield · Blue Ridge CUSD 18 | Middle | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1488 | Crescent City Grade School Crescent City · Crescent Iroquois CUSD 249 | Elementary | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1489 | Durand Jr High School Durand · Durand CUSD 322 | Middle | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1490 | Edgebrook Elem School Mchenry · McHenry CCSD 15 | Elementary | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1491 | Hazelgreen Elem School Alsip · Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126 | Elementary | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1492 | Kansas High School Kansas · Kansas CUSD 3 | High | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1493 | Lincoln Elem School Chicago Heights · Chicago Heights SD 170 | Elementary | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1494 | McKinley Jr High School South Holland · South Holland SD 150 | Middle | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1495 | Spring Garden Elementary School Mount Vernon · Spring Garden CCSD 178 | Elementary | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1496 | Tri-Point Jr High/Elementary Piper City · Tri Point CUSD 6-J | Middle | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1497 | Yorkville Intermediate School Yorkville · Yorkville CUSD 115 | Middle | 50.0% | -1.0pp |
| 1498 | Cardenas Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 49.9% | -1.1pp |
| 1499 | Madison Elementary School Lombard · Lombard SD 44 | Elementary | 49.8% | -1.2pp |
| 1500 | Matthews Middle School Island Lake · Wauconda CUSD 118 | Middle | 49.8% | -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.