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Best Public Schools in Lanark, IL

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298

Students

Top rankedEastland Junior/Senior High School115^th of 698 Illinois high schools

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Eastland Junior/Senior High School up 97 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Lanark, Illinois is home to a single standout school, Eastland Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6-12 and has an enrollment of 350 students. This school is part of the Eastland CUSD 308 school district, which is ranked 148 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Eastland Junior/Senior High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in Illinois, placing 65th out of 699 in the 2022-2023 school year and 115th out of 698 in the 2024-2025 school year, both with 4- or 5-star ratings from SchoolDigger. The school's graduation rate of 89.0% is significantly higher than the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is lower than the state average. Eastland Junior/Senior High School also outperforms the state and district averages on a variety of standardized test metrics, including IAR/ELA, IAR/Math, ISA/Science, ACT, and PreACT Secure.

The school's spending of $16,450 per student is higher than the state average, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 14:1. Additionally, 47.14% of the school's students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as indicated by the free/reduced lunch recipients. These factors suggest that Eastland Junior/Senior High School is a well-resourced and high-performing institution that is effectively serving its diverse student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	ISA Science (2025)	IAR English Language Arts (2025)			IAR Mathematics (2025)			% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Eastland Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	500 S School Dr	Lanark	61046	Carroll County	Eastland CUSD 308	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 493-6341	298	24	12.4	40.9%	266 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	79.2	115^th of 698 public high schools	83.5%		61.9	212^th of 697 public high schools	69.6%	97	73.1	63.8	42.3	53.2	50.0	55.3	70.0	52.5	57.5	56.5	64.8	66.7	65.7	59.3	49.0	54.4	95.6	96.5	96.5	96.5	94.2	95.4	96.8	89.0	$18,888	$1,363	$17,526

Cities Near Lanark

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Shannon	5.48 mi	1	98^th
Mount Carroll	7.05 mi	1	759^th
Milledgeville	10.6 mi	2	204^th
Pearl City	10.64 mi	3	477^th
Forreston	13.23 mi	3	265^th

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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.

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