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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)
170850000472	191	Carmi-White County High School	Public	9-12	800 W Main St	Carmi	62821	White County	Carmi-White County CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 382-4661	405	28	14.6	53.8%	377 (93.1%)	7 (1.7%)	5 (1.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$15,202			$1,806			$13,396	65.5	38.4	441	250
174032004051	192	Villa Grove High School	Public	9-12	400 N Sycamore St	Villa Grove	61956	Douglas County	Villa Grove CUSD 302	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 832-2321	205	16	12.5	50.7%	192 (93.7%)	2 (1.0%)	9 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$12,080			$1,645			$10,434	65.5	46.2	376	184
172856002990	193	Nokomis Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	511 Oberle St	Nokomis	62075	Montgomery County	Nokomis CUSD 22	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(217) 563-7311	304	25	12.1	43.1%	283 (93.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$16,271			$1,898			$14,373	65.5	53.1	293	100
173296003412	194	Putnam County High School	Public	9-12	402 E Silverspoon Ave	Granville	61326	Putnam County	Putnam County CUSD 535	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 882-2800	236	23	10.4	39.0%	195 (82.6%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (13.6%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	$21,334			$1,075			$20,259	65.2	45.6	381	187
173174004524	195	Plainfield South High School	Public	9-12	7800 Caton Farm Rd	Plainfield	60586	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 439-5555	2,379	139	17.1	39.6%	1,047 (44.0%)	434 (18.2%)	720 (30.3%)	69 (2.9%)	8 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (4.2%)	$13,109			$592			$12,517	65.1	60.1	242	47
171458001810	196	Evergreen Park High School	Public	9-12	9901 S Kedzie Ave	Evergreen Park	60805	Cook County	Evergreen Park CHSD 231	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 424-7400	927	66	14		312 (33.7%)	299 (32.3%)	285 (30.7%)	7 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.4%)	$21,349			$822			$20,527	64.3	52.3	303	107
170777000392	197	Bunker Hill High School	Public	8-12	314 S Meissner St	Bunker Hill	62014	Macoupin County	Bunker Hill CUSD 8	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 585-3232	208	19	10.8	42.8%	189 (90.9%)	5 (2.4%)	4 (1.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	$14,092			$1,344			$12,748	64.3	27.4	512	315
172784002952	198	Neoga Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	790 E 7th St	Neoga	62447	Cumberland County	Neoga CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 775-6049	272	23	12	49.3%	259 (95.2%)	5 (1.8%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$13,584			$987			$12,597	63.9	63.5	214	16
170705000366	199	Oak Forest High School	Public	9-12	15201 Central Ave	Oak Forest	60452	Cook County	Bremen CHSD 228	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 687-0500	1,361	88	15.4		680 (50.0%)	135 (9.9%)	419 (30.8%)	70 (5.1%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	53 (3.9%)	$23,549			$1,267			$22,282	63.9	56.8	259	60
171997002256	200	Il Valley Central High School	Public	9-12	1300 W Sycamore St	Chillicothe	61523	Peoria County	Il Valley Central Unified School District 321	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 274-5481	663	48	13.8	42.8%	598 (90.2%)	6 (0.9%)	24 (3.6%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.1%)	$12,061			$83			$11,978	63.8	70.7	159	41

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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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Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.