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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)
170031405701	451	West Prairie Senior High School	Public	9-12	18575 E 800th St	Colchester	62326	McDonough County	West Prairie CUSD 103	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 776-3220	162	15	10.7	40.7%	157 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	$16,485			$991			$15,494	33	36.7	455	4
173063003186	452	Pana Senior High School	Public	9-12	201 W 8th St	Pana	62557	Christian County	Pana CUSD 8	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 562-6643	392	25	15.9	60.2%	377 (96.2%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$15,181			$1,357			$13,824	33	56.1	267	185
170993006093	453	Ogden Intermediate High School	Public	9-12	1250 W Erie St	Chicago	60642	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-0866	494	108	4.5	68.8%	57 (11.5%)	233 (47.2%)	177 (35.8%)	11 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.6%)								32.9	40.7	429	24
170399000085	454	Argenta-Oreana High School	Public	9-12	500 N Main St	Argenta	62501	Macon County	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 795-4821	285	20	14	51.6%	240 (84.2%)	12 (4.2%)	9 (3.2%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.0%)	$13,286			$351			$12,935	32.8	24.6	534	80
172761002925	455	Murphysboro High School	Public	9-12	50 Blackwood Dr	Murphysboro	62966	Jackson County	Murphysboro CUSD 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 687-2336	598	46	13	99.3%	387 (64.7%)	106 (17.7%)	50 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.9%)	$15,146			$1,786			$13,361	32.8	44.4	390	65
172168002434	456	La Moille Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	801 S Main St	La Moille	61330	Bureau County	La Moille CUSD 303	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 638-2018	83	13	6.3	41.0%	75 (90.4%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	$22,214			$857			$21,357	32.7			(n/a)
172994003102	457	R O W V A Junior and Senior High School	Public	7-12	335 N Joy St	Oneida	61467	Knox County	R O W V A Cusd 208	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 483-6371	243	26	9.3	49.8%	220 (90.5%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$19,283			$474			$18,809	32.4	55.3	271	186
171337001630	458	Chrisman High School	Public	9-12	23231 IL Highway 1	Chrisman	61924	Edgar County	Edgar County CUD 6	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 269-2823	97	11	8.6	46.4%	94 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.1%)	$16,090			$568			$15,522	32.2	41.1	424	34
172130002403	458	Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	410 1st St	Kirkland	60146	DeKalb County	Hiawatha CUSD 426	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 522-3335	213	17	12.3	42.3%	174 (81.7%)	3 (1.4%)	22 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	$17,932			$916			$17,016	32.2	42.2	409	49
173708003839	460	Springfield Southeast High School	Public	9-12	2350 E Ash St	Springfield	62703	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 525-3130	1,261	82	15.4	63.3%	384 (30.5%)	692 (54.9%)	38 (3.0%)	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	133 (10.5%)	$24,144			$3,964			$20,180	31.8	16.5	587	127

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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.