Best High Schools in Illinois

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 697)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
170993005147	331	Chicago High School for Agricult Sciences	Public	9-12	3857 W 111th St	Chicago	60655	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-2500	832	55	15.1	48.9%	200 (24.0%)	421 (50.6%)	193 (23.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	$23,512			$2,743			$20,769	47.1	51.8	312	19
172730002893	332	Brown County High School	Public	9-12	500 E Main St	Mount Sterling	62353	Brown County	Brown County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 773-7702	215	17	12.5	36.3%	200 (93.0%)	5 (2.3%)	8 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$14,888			$350			$14,538	47.1	63.4	217	115
173849003925	333	V I T Senior High School	Public	9-12	1500 E US Highway 136	Table Grove	61482	Fulton County	V I T Cusd 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 758-5136	83	13	6.5	47.0%	78 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$23,180			$2,026			$21,154	47.1	44.7	387	54
172942003075	334	Oblong High School	Public	9-12	700 S Range St	Oblong	62449	Crawford County	Oblong CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 592-4235	165	17	9.5	49.7%	153 (92.7%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$16,503			$2,497			$14,007	47	59.4	249	85
171602001911	335	Galatia High School	Public	9-12	200 N McKinley St	Galatia	62935	Saline County	Galatia CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 297-4571	108	12	8.8	48.1%	102 (94.4%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.6%)	$13,865			$1,751			$12,114	46.9	39.5	433	98
170032005601	336	Monmouth-Roseville High School	Public	9-12	200 S B St	Monmouth	61462	Warren County	Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 734-5118	516	31	16.7	58.9%	287 (55.6%)	14 (2.7%)	162 (31.4%)	17 (3.3%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.0%)	$13,229			$1,239			$11,990	46.9	36.6	456	120
171920002206	337	Hillsboro High School	Public	9-12	522 E Tremont St	Hillsboro	62049	Montgomery County	Hillsboro CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 532-2841	436	36	12.2	39.7%	405 (92.9%)	6 (1.4%)	15 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	$13,658			$1,749			$11,909	46.9	36.7	454	117
170993006250	338	Disney II Magnet High School	Public	7-12	3900 N Lawndale Ave	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5010	755	81	9.3	62.1%	126 (16.7%)	156 (20.7%)	425 (56.3%)	29 (3.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.0%)								46.5	41.8	418	80
173111003245	339	Pekin Community High School	Public	9-12	1903 Court St	Pekin	61554	Tazewell County	Pekin Central School District 303	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 347-4101	1,737	115	15.1	48.5%	1,552 (89.3%)	21 (1.2%)	67 (3.9%)	19 (1.1%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (4.3%)	$16,649			$1,113			$15,536	46.5	59.5	248	91
173300005053	340	Quincy Senior High School	Public	9-12	3322 Maine St	Quincy	62301	Adams County	Quincy School District 172	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 224-3770	1,886	98	19.3	53.8%	1,471 (78.0%)	138 (7.3%)	77 (4.1%)	23 (1.2%)	6 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	166 (8.8%)	$12,140			$2,469			$9,671	46.5	56.8	258	82

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.