Best High Schools in Illinois for Female Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Illinois!

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, Female students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Illinois SAT test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Female vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 664)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
170010004505	1	University of Illinois High School	Public	7-12	1212 W Springfield Ave	Urbana	61801	Champaign County	University of Ill Lab School	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(217) 333-2870	306	0			108 (35.3%)	22 (7.2%)	31 (10.1%)	121 (39.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.8%)								99.8%	99.9%	0.01%
170993003481	2	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	99.7%	99.7%	0.01%
170993000942	3	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	99.5%	99.4%	0.12%
170993003989	4	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	99.4%	99.6%	0.17%
170993000714	5	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	99.2%	99.4%	0.18%
170993000990	6	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	99.1%	99.1%	0.04%
172820002975	7	New Trier Township H S Winnetka	Public	10-12	385 Winnetka Ave	Winnetka	60093	Cook County	New Trier Township HSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(847) 446-7000	2,856	252	11.3		2,148 (75.2%)	20 (0.7%)	222 (7.8%)	279 (9.8%)	3 (0.1%)	5 (0.2%)	157 (5.5%)	$34,555			$386			$34,168	98.9%	99.0%	0.05%
171908002193	8	Deerfield High School	Public	9-12	1959 Waukegan Rd	Deerfield	60015	Lake County	Township HSD 113	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(224) 632-3000	1,483	121	12.2		1,235 (83.3%)	16 (1.1%)	91 (6.1%)	90 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	49 (3.3%)	$36,259			$269			$35,991	98.8%	98.7%	0.09%
171932002222	9	Hinsdale Central High School	Public	9-12	5500 S Grant St	Hinsdale	60521	DuPage County	Hinsdale Township HSD 86	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 570-8000	2,472	173	14.2		1,541 (62.3%)	58 (2.3%)	234 (9.5%)	540 (21.8%)	3 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (3.9%)	$26,535			$312			$26,223	98.6%	98.6%	0.08%
173258003385	10	Adlai E Stevenson High School	Public	9-12	1 Stevenson Dr	Lincolnshire	60069	Lake County	Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(847) 415-4000	4,489	253	17.7		2,101 (46.8%)	77 (1.7%)	403 (9.0%)	1,754 (39.1%)	10 (0.2%)	2 (0.0%)	141 (3.1%)	$24,374			$264			$24,110	98.5%	98.9%	0.36%

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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:

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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.