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)
171074001295	71	Columbia High School	Public	9-12	77 Veterans Pkwy	Columbia	62236	Monroe County	Columbia CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 281-5001	597	38	15.8	13.1%	548 (91.8%)	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.5%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.7%)	$12,101			$364			$11,737	89.7	77.4	130	59
173174005747	72	Plainfield North High School	Public	9-12	12005 S 248th Ave	Plainfield	60585	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 609-8506	2,365	136	17.4	19.4%	1,454 (61.5%)	200 (8.5%)	382 (16.2%)	229 (9.7%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	92 (3.9%)	$12,889			$443			$12,446	89.5	74.5	143	71
171137002154	73	Prairie Ridge High School	Public	9-12	6000 Dvorak Dr	Crystal Lake	60012	McHenry County	Chsd 155	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 479-0404	1,138	73	15.6	19.6%	926 (81.4%)	13 (1.1%)	146 (12.8%)	30 (2.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (1.8%)	$20,424			$540			$19,884	89.4	85.3	82	9
170141006254	74	Horizon Science Academy-McKinley Pk	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2245 W Pershing Rd	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Horizon Science Academy-McKinley Pk	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 247-8400	853	74	11.5	97.1%	50 (5.9%)	80 (9.4%)	716 (83.9%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$17,282			$3,187			$14,095	89	52.6	300	226
171584001892	75	Freeburg Community High School	Public	9-12	401 S Monroe St	Freeburg	62243	St. Clair County	Freeburg CHSD 77	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 539-5533	685	44	15.5	12.0%	634 (92.6%)	6 (0.9%)	13 (1.9%)	13 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.5%)	$13,201			$521			$12,679	89	69.9	165	90
174107004113	76	Waterloo High School	Public	9-12	505 E Bulldog	Waterloo	62298	Monroe County	Waterloo CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 939-3455	879	51	17.3	20.0%	824 (93.7%)	3 (0.3%)	23 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.7%)	$11,109			$569			$10,540	88.3	83.9	88	12
172320002553	77	Lisle High School	Public	9-12	1800 Short St	Lisle	60532	DuPage County	Lisle CUSD 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 493-8300	435	40	10.9	34.5%	254 (58.4%)	35 (8.0%)	98 (22.5%)	23 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.3%)	$30,976			$554			$30,422	88.1	94.4	33	44
173020003120	78	Orion High School	Public	9-12	1100 13th St	Orion	61273	Henry County	Orion CUSD 223	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 526-3361	294	19	15.1	19.0%	272 (92.5%)	3 (1.0%)	9 (3.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$12,985			$39			$12,946	87.3	68.9	173	95
172307006062	79	Lincoln Way West	Public	9-12	21701 S Gougar Rd	New Lenox	60451	Will County	Lincoln Way CHSD 210	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 717-3501	2,005	111	18.1		1,605 (80.0%)	35 (1.7%)	296 (14.8%)	14 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (2.7%)	$14,724			$551			$14,173	87.2	92.3	45	34
173402003496	80	Riverside Brookfield Township High School	Public	9-12	160 Ridgewood Rd	Riverside	60546	Cook County	Riverside-Brookfield Township School District 208	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 442-7500	1,665	101	16.4		757 (45.5%)	90 (5.4%)	718 (43.1%)	28 (1.7%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	65 (3.9%)	$18,839			$394			$18,445	86.9	85.4	81	1

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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.
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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.