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)
172262002514	301	LeRoy High School	Public	9-12	505 E Center St	Le Roy	61752	McLean County	LeRoy CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 962-2911	234	21	11	24.8%	220 (94.0%)	4 (1.7%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$12,522			$1,473			$11,049	51	62.3	228	73
170139500018	302	Mercer County High School	Public	9-12	1500 S College Ave	Aledo	61231	Mercer County	Mercer County School District 404	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 582-2223	401	31	12.9	40.1%	371 (92.5%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	$15,530			$1,968			$13,562	51	61.9	231	71
170942000545	303	Centennial High School	Public	9-12	913 Crescent Dr	Champaign	61821	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 351-3954	1,473	106	13.8	47.1%	409 (27.8%)	637 (43.2%)	169 (11.5%)	121 (8.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	135 (9.2%)	$18,014			$1,797			$16,217	50.8	58.3	252	51
173429003516	303	Rochelle Township High School	Public	9-12	1401 Flagg Rd	Rochelle	61068	Ogle County	Rochelle Township HSD 212	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 562-4161	856	54	15.7		456 (53.3%)	17 (2.0%)	350 (40.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.3%)	$19,624			$1,007			$18,616	50.8	51.6	313	10
171956002235	305	Homewood-Flossmoor High School	Public	9-12	999 Kedzie Ave	Flossmoor	60422	Cook County	Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 799-3000	2,805	205	13.6		348 (12.4%)	2,056 (73.3%)	273 (9.7%)	13 (0.5%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	110 (3.9%)	$23,656			$754			$22,902	50.3	41.5	421	116
173501003674	306	Roxana Senior High School	Public	9-12	401 Chaffer Ave	Roxana	62084	Madison County	Roxana CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 254-7553	501	34	14.6	46.5%	432 (86.2%)	19 (3.8%)	23 (4.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.2%)	$16,946			$825			$16,120	50.3	41	426	120
173451003599	307	Auburn High School	Public	9-12	5110 Auburn St	Rockford	61101	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 966-3300	1,985	103	19.1	69.3%	544 (27.4%)	835 (42.1%)	383 (19.3%)	69 (3.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	150 (7.6%)	$15,999			$1,089			$14,910	50.3	50.5	320	13
170140306148	308	North Mac High School	Public	9-12	231 W Fortune St	Virden	62690	Macoupin County	North Mac CUSD 34	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 965-4127	373	24	15.2	49.1%	354 (94.9%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$11,626			$77			$11,550	50.2	46	377	69
171329001583	309	Richland County High School	Public	9-12	1200 E Laurel St	Olney	62450	Richland County	Richland County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 393-2191	661	44	14.9	44.8%	594 (89.9%)	8 (1.2%)	23 (3.5%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.2%)	$12,911			$1,660			$11,251	50.1	49.6	336	27
173423003508	310	Robinson High School	Public	9-12	2000 N Cross St	Robinson	62454	Crawford County	Robinson CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 544-9510	470	34	13.9	41.9%	433 (92.1%)	6 (1.3%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.3%)	$14,853			$1,027			$13,826	50.1	53.1	291	19

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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:

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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.