Best High Schools in Illinois for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Illinois State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 639)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
170993000990	1	Jones College Prep High School	Public	9-12	700 S State St	Chicago	60605	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-8600	1,941	117	16.5	38.3%	676 (34.8%)	243 (12.5%)	613 (31.6%)	335 (17.3%)	6 (0.3%)	10 (0.5%)	58 (3.0%)	$15,869			$2,078			$13,792	99.8%	99.1%	0.70%
170993000942	1	Lane Technical High School	Public	7-12	2501 W Addison St	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5400	4,496	260	17.3	35.9%	1,719 (38.2%)	290 (6.5%)	1,564 (34.8%)	482 (10.7%)	21 (0.5%)	32 (0.7%)	388 (8.6%)	$14,612			$1,956			$12,656	99.8%	99.4%	0.42%
170993003481	1	Northside College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	5501 N Kedzie Ave	Chicago	60625	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-3954	1,040	68	15.2	35.0%	398 (38.3%)	58 (5.6%)	300 (28.8%)	218 (21.0%)	4 (0.4%)	8 (0.8%)	54 (5.2%)	$17,450			$2,217			$15,233	99.8%	99.7%	0.13%
170993003989	1	Payton College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	1034 N Wells St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-0034	1,233	79	15.6	30.3%	463 (37.6%)	112 (9.1%)	301 (24.4%)	300 (24.3%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.5%)	49 (4.0%)	$16,820			$2,109			$14,710	99.8%	99.6%	0.27%
170993000714	1	Young Magnet High School	Public	7-12	211 S Laflin St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7500	2,148	128	16.8	36.1%	538 (25.0%)	370 (17.2%)	613 (28.5%)	521 (24.3%)	6 (0.3%)	18 (0.8%)	82 (3.8%)	$16,374			$2,084			$14,289	99.8%	99.4%	0.42%
170993001980	6	Hancock College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	4034 W 56th St	Chicago	60638	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-2410	1,013	63	16.2	66.3%	61 (6.0%)	10 (1.0%)	917 (90.5%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.3%)	$16,062			$2,899			$13,164	99.1%	96.8%	2.22%
170993002031	7	Brooks College Prep Academy High School	Public	7-12	250 E 111th St	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9930	990	56	17.8	61.2%	10 (1.0%)	789 (79.7%)	180 (18.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.6%)	$17,616			$2,637			$14,979	98.9%	96.4%	2.49%
173291005781	8	Proviso Math and Science Academy	Public	9-12	8601 Roosevelt Rd	Forest Park	60130	Cook County	Proviso Township HSD 209	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 556-5583	899	48	18.7	11.3%	56 (6.2%)	178 (19.8%)	618 (68.7%)	25 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.4%)	$17,938			$3,350			$14,588	98.7%	85.8%	12.95%
170993005791	9	Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School	Public	7-12	6130 S Wolcott Ave	Chicago	60636	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9300	1,432	91	15.7	51.6%	41 (2.9%)	985 (68.8%)	383 (26.7%)	8 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (0.8%)	$16,534			$2,295			$14,239	98.6%	93.7%	4.90%
170141006254	10	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	866	71	12.2	99.2%	32 (3.7%)	69 (8.0%)	733 (84.6%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.4%)	$17,282			$3,187			$14,095	98.4%	89.4%	9.05%

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.