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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2551 | Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon SD 80 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 2552 | Drake Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 2553 | Kenneth Murphy School Beach Park · Beach Park CCSD 3 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 2554 | Lavizzo Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 2555 | McKinley Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 2556 | Oak Park Elem School Aurora · Aurora East USD 131 | Elementary | 25.5% | -25.5pp |
| 2557 | Carl Sandburg Middle Sch Freeport · Freeport SD 145 | Middle | 25.4% | -25.6pp |
| 2558 | Logan Square Elementary Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.4% | -25.6pp |
| 2559 | Creative Communications Acad Calumet City · Dolton SD 149 | Middle | 25.3% | -25.7pp |
| 2560 | Beardstown Jr/Sr High School Beardstown · Beardstown CUSD 15 | High | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 2561 | Esmond Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 2562 | Estelle Sauget School of Choice Cahokia · Cahokia CUSD 187 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 2563 | Huff Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 2564 | Raymond Ellis Elem School Round Lake Beach · Round Lake CUSD 116 | Elementary | 25.2% | -25.8pp |
| 2565 | Coles Elem Language Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 25.0% | -26.0pp |
| 2566 | Meadowdale Elem School Carpentersville · CUSD 300 | Elementary | 25.0% | -26.0pp |
| 2567 | Ridgely Elem School Springfield · Springfield SD 186 | Elementary | 25.0% | -26.0pp |
| 2568 | Thomas Elementary School Carbondale · Carbondale ESD 95 | Elementary | 25.0% | -26.0pp |
| 2569 | James Farmer Jr. Elementary Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.9% | -26.1pp |
| 2570 | Smith Elem School Aurora · Aurora West USD 129 | Elementary | 24.9% | -26.1pp |
| 2571 | Fox Creek Elementary School Bloomington · McLean County USD 5 | Elementary | 24.8% | -26.2pp |
| 2572 | Hughes L Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.8% | -26.2pp |
| 2573 | Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.8% | -26.2pp |
| 2574 | Frohardt Elem School Granite City · Granite City CUSD 9 | Elementary | 24.7% | -26.3pp |
| 2575 | Ashe Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.6% | -26.4pp |
| 2576 | Burbank Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.6% | -26.4pp |
| 2577 | Spencer Technology Acad Elem Sch Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.6% | -26.4pp |
| 2578 | Beidler Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.5% | -26.5pp |
| 2579 | Moving Everest Charter School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.5% | -26.5pp |
| 2580 | Hoover Elem School Calumet City · Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157 | Elementary | 24.4% | -26.6pp |
| 2581 | Oglesby Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.4% | -26.6pp |
| 2582 | Parker Elem Community Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.4% | -26.6pp |
| 2583 | Pleasant Hill Elem School Pleasant Hill · Pleasant Hill CUSD 3 | Elementary | 24.4% | -26.6pp |
| 2584 | Rupley Elem School Elk Grove Village · Comm Cons SD 59 | Elementary | 24.4% | -26.6pp |
| 2585 | Woodson South Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.4% | -26.6pp |
| 2586 | Acero Chtr - Officer Marquez Elem Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.3% | -26.7pp |
| 2587 | Chateaux School Hazel Crest · Prairie-Hills ESD 144 | Elementary | 24.3% | -26.7pp |
| 2588 | L E Starke Elem School Pekin · Pekin PSD 108 | Elementary | 24.3% | -26.7pp |
| 2589 | LEARN Chtr - 7th Campus Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.3% | -26.7pp |
| 2590 | Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Freeport · Freeport SD 145 | Elementary | 24.3% | -26.7pp |
| 2591 | Highland Elem School Elgin · SD U-46 | Elementary | 24.2% | -26.8pp |
| 2592 | Polaris Elem Charter Academy Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.2% | -26.8pp |
| 2593 | Conklin Elem School Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 24.1% | -26.9pp |
| 2594 | McIntosh Elementary Rockford · Rockford SD 205 | Elementary | 24.1% | -26.9pp |
| 2595 | Tri Point Elementary School Kempton · Tri Point CUSD 6-J | Elementary | 24.1% | -26.9pp |
| 2596 | Acero Chtr - Bartolome de las Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.0% | -27.0pp |
| 2597 | Forrestal Elem School Great Lakes · North Chicago SD 187 | Elementary | 24.0% | -27.0pp |
| 2598 | Irving Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.0% | -27.0pp |
| 2599 | Jefferson Elem School Harvard · Harvard CUSD 50 | Elementary | 24.0% | -27.0pp |
| 2600 | Langford A Elem School Chicago · Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 | Elementary | 24.0% | -27.0pp |
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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.