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)
170993005787	591	Uplift Community High School	Public	9-12	900 W Wilson Ave	Chicago	60640	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-2875	101	19	5.4	87.1%	9 (8.9%)	55 (54.5%)	26 (25.7%)	10 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$49,751			$9,247			$40,504	15.7	10	642	51
170993006243	592	Catalyst Charter - Maria Elementary School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6727 S California Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 993-1770	1,095	94	11.6	94.7%	16 (1.5%)	462 (42.2%)	607 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.8%)	$20,210			$2,097			$18,113	15.6	12	619	27
172862006010	593	YBMC Charter School	Public, Charter	11-12	360 Wylie Dr Ste 305	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 454-3898	28	3	9.3		14 (50.0%)	7 (25.0%)	3 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)	1 (3.6%)	2 (7.1%)	$10,547			$00			$10,547	15.5	7.7	687	94
170011005370	594	North Chicago Community High School	Public	9-12	1717 17th St	North Chicago	60064	Lake County	North Chicago School District 187	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(847) 578-7400	868	58	14.9	99.3%	156 (18.0%)	283 (32.6%)	358 (41.2%)	4 (0.5%)	43 (5.0%)	3 (0.3%)	21 (2.4%)	$22,237			$2,424			$19,813	15.5	10.3	637	43
170993001149	595	Sullivan High School	Public	9-12	6631 N Bosworth Ave	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-2000	709	49	14.4	92.0%	111 (15.7%)	253 (35.7%)	258 (36.4%)	67 (9.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.7%)	$19,671			$3,324			$16,347	15.3	15.2	602	7
173897003954	596	Thornridge High School	Public	9-12	15000 Cottage Grove Ave	Dolton	60419	Cook County	Thornton Township HSD 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 271-4401	1,057	72	14.6	61.4%	5 (0.5%)	976 (92.3%)	62 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.3%)	$36,220			$2,229			$33,991	15	9.9	648	52
172076002362	597	Kankakee High School	Public	9-12	1200 W Jeffery St	Kankakee	60901	Kankakee County	Kankakee School District 111	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 933-0740	1,513	83	18.2	85.6%	290 (19.2%)	662 (43.8%)	537 (35.5%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.0%)	$16,670			$1,658			$15,012	15	16.3	589	8
170993006088	598	EPIC Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	8255 S Houston Ave	Chicago	60617	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-7930	345	27	12.7	96.8%	3 (0.9%)	194 (56.2%)	135 (39.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	$10,464			$258			$10,206	15	8.4	672	74
172079002371	599	Kansas High School	Public	7-12	310 S Front	Kansas	61933	Edgar County	Kansas CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 948-5175	82	9	8.7	58.5%	77 (93.9%)	4 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,428			$152			$19,276	14.9	33.9	476	123
171779002073	600	Griggsville-Perry High School	Public	9-12	202 N Stanford St	Griggsville	62340	Pike County	Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 833-2352	99	11	8.8	39.4%	97 (98.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,510			$3,171			$15,339	14.8	50.9	319	281

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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.

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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.