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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 | Wentworth Jr High School Calumet City · Calumet City SD 155 | Middle | 26.6% | -24.4pp |
| 2502 | Longwood Elem School Glenwood · Brookwood SD 167 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 2503 | Lorenzo R Smith Elem School Pembroke Township · Pembroke CCSD 259 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 2504 | Ludlow Elementary School Ludlow · Ludlow CCSD 142 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 2505 | Shields Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 2506 | T Roosevelt Elem School Cicero · Cicero SD 99 | Elementary | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 2507 | Washington Junior High Riverdale · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 26.5% | -24.5pp |
| 2508 | C F Simmons Middle School Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Middle | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 2509 | Hibbard Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 2510 | Lincoln Junior High School Dolton · Dolton SD 148 | Middle | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 2511 | Sieden Prairie Elementary School Matteson · ESD 159 | Elementary | 26.4% | -24.6pp |
| 2512 | Abbott Middle School Elgin · SD U-46 | Middle | 26.3% | -24.7pp |
| 2513 | Cameron Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.3% | -24.7pp |
| 2514 | Mitchell Elementary School Granite City · Granite City CUSD 9 | Elementary | 26.3% | -24.7pp |
| 2515 | Cather Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.2% | -24.8pp |
| 2516 | King Middle Grade School Kankakee · Kankakee SD 111 | Elementary | 26.2% | -24.8pp |
| 2517 | Wegner Elementary School West Chicago · West Chicago ESD 33 | Elementary | 26.2% | -24.8pp |
| 2518 | Acero Chtr - Sandra Cisneros Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2519 | Edison Elem School Danville · Danville CCSD 118 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2520 | Foster Park Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2521 | Hedges Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2522 | McCormick Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2523 | Sadlowski Elementary School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2524 | Sandoval Elem School Sandoval · Sandoval CUSD 501 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2525 | Southern View Elem School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Elementary | 26.1% | -24.9pp |
| 2526 | Burr Oak Elem School Calumet Park · Calumet Public SD 132 | Elementary | 26.0% | -25.0pp |
| 2527 | Claremont Magnet Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2528 | Ellington Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2529 | Fairfield Elem Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2530 | Fort Dearborn Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2531 | Harriet Gifford Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2532 | Mark Twain Elem School Wheeling · Wheeling CCSD 21 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2533 | Thorp J N Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.9% | -25.1pp |
| 2534 | Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2535 | Greenwood Elem School Waukegan · Waukegan CUSD 60 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2536 | Grigsby Intermediate School Granite City · Granite City CUSD 9 | Middle | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2537 | Hall Elem School Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2538 | Rickover Jr High School Sauk Village · CCSD 168 | Middle | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2539 | Strassburg Elem Sauk Village · CCSD 168 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2540 | Taylor Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2541 | Venice Elem School Granite City · Venice CUSD 3 | Elementary | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2542 | Viking School Gurnee · Gurnee SD 56 | Middle | 25.8% | -25.2pp |
| 2543 | Nobel Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 2544 | Pirie Elem Fine Arts & Academic C Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 2545 | Southwood Middle School Country Club Hills · Country Club Hills SD 160 | Middle | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 2546 | Von Steuben Middle School Peoria · Peoria SD 150 | Middle | 25.7% | -25.3pp |
| 2547 | Christopher Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 2548 | Dr Howard Elem School Champaign · Champaign CUSD 4 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 2549 | Kellman Corporate Community Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
| 2550 | Malta Elementary School Malta · DeKalb CUSD 428 | Elementary | 25.6% | -25.4pp |
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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.