Best High Schools in Illinois

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the SAT test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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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)
170564000242	221	Belleville High School-East	Public	9-12	2555 West Blvd	Belleville	62221	St. Clair County	Belleville Township HSD 201	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 222-3706	2,568	154	16.6	46.9%	991 (38.6%)	1,260 (49.1%)	134 (5.2%)	39 (1.5%)	5 (0.2%)	10 (0.4%)	129 (5.0%)	$19,717			$1,294			$18,424	60.3	57.6	257	36
174333006032	222	Woodstock North High School	Public	8-12	3000 Raffel Rd	Woodstock	60098	McHenry County	Woodstock CUSD 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 334-2100	943	65	14.5	38.9%	563 (59.7%)	49 (5.2%)	296 (31.4%)	21 (2.2%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	$15,935			$695			$15,240	60.2	67.5	182	40
173942003990	223	Wesclin Senior High School	Public	9-12	699 Wesclin Rd	Trenton	62293	Clinton County	Wesclin CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 224-7341	373	26	14.3	37.0%	322 (86.3%)	6 (1.6%)	31 (8.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	$11,020			$538			$10,482	59.8	80	115	108
173749003979	224	Stark County High School	Public	9-12	418 S Franklin St	Toulon	61483	Stark County	Stark County CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 286-4451	241	17	14.2	42.3%	219 (90.9%)	4 (1.7%)	11 (4.6%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$16,409			$865			$15,544	59.7	42	416	192
170426000121	225	Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond	Public	9-12	301 E Columbia St	Arthur	61911	Douglas County	Arthur CUSD 305	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 543-2146	324	29	11.1	47.8%	300 (92.6%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$16,407			$3,139			$13,268	59.4	54.2	282	57
170141602790	226	Milford High School Campus	Public	9-12	200 S Chicago St	Milford	60953	Iroquois County	Milford Area PSD 124	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 889-4184	163	18	9.3	55.2%	145 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.9%)	$21,235			$579			$20,656	59.3	65	207	19
170825000437	227	Trico Senior High School	Public	9-12	16533 Highway 4	Campbell Hill	62916	Jackson County	Trico CUSD 176	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 426-1111	240	19	12.5	48.3%	213 (88.8%)	2 (0.8%)	25 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,198			$1,373			$14,825	59	55.7	269	42
172559002771	227	Unity High School	Public	9-12	453 W Collins St	Mendon	62351	Adams County	Cusd 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 936-2116	182	16	11.6	37.9%	174 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$12,287			$272			$12,015	59	52.2	304	77
170993006452	229	Noble St Charter-Pritzker Col Prep	Public, Charter	9-12	4131 W Cortland St	Chicago	60639	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 394-2848	957	54	17.8	93.0%	11 (1.1%)	43 (4.5%)	895 (93.5%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$18,074			$240			$17,834	59	27.6	511	282
173330003448	230	Red Bud High School	Public	9-12	815 Locust St	Red Bud	62278	Randolph County	Red Bud CUSD 132	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 282-3826	410	30	13.7	29.8%	393 (95.9%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$13,617			$46			$13,571	58.9	55.1	273	43

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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.