Best Public Schools in Des Plaines, Illinois

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School												Students/Teachers											Ranking (2015)				Ranking (2014)				PARCC English Language Arts (2015)							PARCC Mathematics (2015)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2015)	Statewide Rank (2015)	State Percentile (2015)	SchoolDigger Rating (2015)	Average Standard Score (2014)	Statewide Rank (2014)	State Percentile (2014)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PARCC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PARCC English Language Arts 4th Grade	PARCC English Language Arts 5th Grade	PARCC English Language Arts 6th Grade	PARCC English Language Arts 7th Grade	PARCC English Language Arts 8th Grade	PARCC English Language Arts End of Course	PARCC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PARCC Mathematics 4th Grade	PARCC Mathematics 5th Grade	PARCC Mathematics 6th Grade	PARCC Mathematics 7th Grade	PARCC Mathematics 8th Grade	PARCC Mathematics End of Course
Deaf/Hard Of Hearing (Dist 62)	Public	3-5	1375 South 5th Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	NW Suburban Special Educ Org	No	No	No	(847) 463-8174	7	3	2.3	43.0 %	1 (14.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	5 (71.4 %)	1 (14.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)								(n/a)
North Cook Young Adult Academy	Public, Alternative	6-12	2340 South River Rd	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Region 05 North Cook Isc 1	No	No	No	(847) 824-8300	39	5	7.8	54.0 %	11 (28.2 %)	4 (10.3 %)	22 (56.4 %)	1 (2.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (2.6 %)								(n/a)
Algonquin Middle School	Public	6-8	767 East Algonquin Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1205	665	48	13.8	62.0 %	230 (34.6 %)	5 (0.8 %)	380 (57.1 %)	47 (7.1 %)	2 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.2 %)	55.4	481^st of 1291 public middle schools	62.7 %		49.7	693^rd of 1331 public middle schools	47.9 %	212				42.9	37.8	41.0					27.6	19.9	27.1
Central Elementary School	Public	K-5	1526 East Thacker St	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1575	312	21	14.8	45.0 %	205 (65.7 %)	12 (3.8 %)	71 (22.8 %)	18 (5.8 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	6 (1.9 %)	69.7	534^th of 2051 public elementary schools	74.0 %		75.3	494^th of 2015 public elementary schools	75.5 %	40	45.3	50.8	36.7					45.1	42.9	36.7
Chippewa Middle School	Public	6-8	123 North 8th Ave	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1503	679	51	13.3	51.0 %	328 (48.3 %)	62 (9.1 %)	190 (28.0 %)	98 (14.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	1 (0.1 %)	56.3	469^th of 1291 public middle schools	63.7 %		64.2	462^nd of 1331 public middle schools	65.3 %	7				41.7	47.1	40.4					24.4	22.4	23.6
Cumberland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	700 East Golf Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1451	287	31	9.2	40.0 %	161 (56.1 %)	14 (4.9 %)	63 (22.0 %)	39 (13.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	9 (3.1 %)	1 (0.3 %)	81.6	326^th of 2051 public elementary schools	84.1 %		73.6	525^th of 2015 public elementary schools	73.9 %	199	52.4	58.0	60.8					51.2	48.4	34.2
Forest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1375 South 5th Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1380	647	42	15.2	54.0 %	293 (45.3 %)	6 (0.9 %)	281 (43.4 %)	59 (9.1 %)	2 (0.3 %)	2 (0.3 %)	4 (0.6 %)	63.2	660^th of 2051 public elementary schools	67.8 %		67.1	681^st of 2015 public elementary schools	66.2 %	21	48.3	44.6	49.3					50.0	25.4	21.1
Iroquois Community School	Public	K-8	1836 East Touhy Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	No	(847) 824-1308	475	28	16.9	31.0 %	271 (57.1 %)	14 (2.9 %)	116 (24.4 %)	67 (14.1 %)	3 (0.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (0.8 %)	64.8	621^st of 2051 public elementary schools	69.7 %		68.2	654^th of 2015 public elementary schools	67.5 %	33	27.1	53.7	44.7	49.2	64.9	72.2		39.6	31.5	33.9	33.9	42.1	53.7
North Elementary School	Public	K-5	1789 Rand Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1399	597	39	15.4	73.0 %	217 (36.3 %)	65 (10.9 %)	217 (36.3 %)	87 (14.6 %)	2 (0.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	9 (1.5 %)	39.1	1145^th of 2051 public elementary schools	44.2 %		50.5	1037^th of 2015 public elementary schools	48.5 %	108	26.9	23.1	35.0					22.6	16.4	36.0
Orchard Place Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2727 Maple St	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1255	341	24	14.0	84.0 %	59 (17.3 %)	4 (1.2 %)	255 (74.8 %)	19 (5.6 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (1.2 %)	56	785^th of 2051 public elementary schools	61.7 %		36	1339^th of 2015 public elementary schools	33.5 %	554	24.6	57.1	30.0					39.6	45.1	21.5
Plainfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1850 Plainfield Dr	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1301	330	23	14.3	76.0 %	53 (16.1 %)	8 (2.4 %)	222 (67.3 %)	43 (13.0 %)	1 (0.3 %)	1 (0.3 %)	2 (0.6 %)	42.2	1077^th of 2051 public elementary schools	47.5 %		52.9	991^st of 2015 public elementary schools	50.8 %	86	34.6	20.3	33.3					35.8	10.0	33.9
South Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1535 Everett Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1566	242	20	12.1	69.0 %	94 (38.8 %)	6 (2.5 %)	120 (49.6 %)	19 (7.9 %)	1 (0.4 %)	0 (0.0 %)	2 (0.8 %)	33.6	1305^th of 2051 public elementary schools	36.4 %		52.9	990^th of 2015 public elementary schools	50.9 %	315	17.9	29.2	27.5					35.9	24.5	7.5
Terrace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	735 South Westgate Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Ccsd 62	No	No	Yes	(847) 824-1501	265	20	13.5	36.0 %	149 (56.2 %)	9 (3.4 %)	66 (24.9 %)	37 (14.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (1.5 %)	67	578^th of 2051 public elementary schools	71.8 %		68.3	647^th of 2015 public elementary schools	67.9 %	69	57.1	36.9	41.2					65.8	31.5	26.9
Apollo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10100 Dee Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	East Maine School District 63	No	No	Yes	(847) 493-8402	583	40	14.7	70.0 %	152 (26.1 %)	40 (6.9 %)	148 (25.4 %)	229 (39.3 %)	0 (0.0 %)	4 (0.7 %)	10 (1.7 %)	39.4	1142^nd of 2051 public elementary schools	44.3 %		48.8	1085^th of 2015 public elementary schools	46.2 %	57	13.3	42.4	27.7	28.6				20.5	31.2	23.3	17.2
Stevenson School	Public	K-6	9000 Capitol Dr	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	East Maine School District 63	No	No	Yes	(847) 298-1622	451	29	15.4	67.0 %	126 (27.9 %)	14 (3.1 %)	134 (29.7 %)	165 (36.6 %)	4 (0.9 %)	1 (0.2 %)	7 (1.6 %)	32.7	1332^nd of 2051 public elementary schools	35.1 %		37.5	1308^th of 2015 public elementary schools	35.1 %	24	15.2	11.8	15.7	53.0				15.1	7.4	5.8	44.3
Devonshire School	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Pennsylvania Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Community Cons School District 59	No	No	Yes	(847) 593-4398	423	31	13.6	49.0 %	188 (44.4 %)	8 (1.9 %)	140 (33.1 %)	70 (16.5 %)	6 (1.4 %)	3 (0.7 %)	8 (1.9 %)	58.3	743^rd of 2051 public elementary schools	63.8 %		70.8	590^th of 2015 public elementary schools	70.7 %	153	31.4	47.9	42.1					35.7	42.2	22.7
Brentwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	260 Dulles Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook	Community Cons School District 59	No	No	Yes	(847) 593-4401	422	33	13.2	40.0 %	202 (47.9 %)	25 (5.9 %)	67 (15.9 %)	118 (28.0 %)	2 (0.5 %)	4 (0.9 %)	4 (0.9 %)	66.7	584^th of 2051 public elementary schools	71.5 %		78.1	429^th of 2015 public elementary schools	78.7 %	155	34.4	42.8	50.0					39.0	36.0	47.8
Friendship Junior High School	Public	6-8	550 Elizabeth Ln	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Community Cons School District 59	No	No	Yes	(847) 593-4350	719	58	12.5	55.0 %	285 (39.6 %)	32 (4.5 %)	263 (36.6 %)	116 (16.1 %)	7 (1.0 %)	2 (0.3 %)	14 (1.9 %)	54.8	493^rd of 1291 public middle schools	61.8 %		59	545^th of 1331 public middle schools	59.1 %	52				39.2	32.8	35.0					30.2	31.5	24.1
Maine West High School	Public	9-12	1755 South Wolf Rd	Des Plaines	60018	Cook	Maine Township Hsd 207	No	No	Yes	(847) 827-6176	2,061	143	14.4	38.0 %	1,042 (50.6 %)	65 (3.2 %)	700 (34.0 %)	203 (9.8 %)	22 (1.1 %)	5 (0.2 %)	24 (1.2 %)	61.3	201^st of 612 public high schools	67.2 %		67.8	212^th of 669 public high schools	68.3 %	11							39.4							19.7

City	Distance	Number of Schools	SchoolDigger Statewide Rank
Park Ridge	1.91 mi	9	88^th
Mount Prospect	2.14 mi	13	202^nd
Niles	2.65 mi	6	201^st
Glenview	2.66 mi	15	53^rd
Arlington Heights	3.86 mi	20	46^th

Best Public Schools in Des Plaines, IL

Cumberland Elementary School

Central Elementary School

Terrace Elementary School

Brentwood Elementary School

Iroquois Community School

Forest Elementary School

Maine West High School

Devonshire School

Chippewa Middle School

Orchard Place Elementary School

Algonquin Middle School

Friendship Junior High School

Plainfield Elementary School

Apollo Elementary School

North Elementary School

South Elementary School

Stevenson School

Deaf/Hard Of Hearing (Dist 62)

North Cook Young Adult Academy

Cities Near Des Plaines