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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Illinois

Rank	School	City
1^st	Skinner North Elementary School	Chicago
2^nd	Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Chicago
3^rd	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Rockford
4^th	Decatur Classical Elementary School	Chicago
5^th	Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	Chicago
6^th	Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School	Chicago
7^th	Oak Elementary School	Hinsdale
8^th	Poe Elementary Classical School	Chicago
9^th	Iles Elementary School	Springfield
10^th	Meadow Glens Elementary School	Naperville

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Top 10 Middle Schools in Illinois

Rank	School	City
1^st	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford
2^nd	Young Magnet High School	Chicago
3^rd	Decatur Classical Elementary School	Chicago
4^th	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria
5^th	Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Chicago
6^th	Iles Elementary School	Springfield
7^th	Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School	Chicago
8^th	Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	Chicago
9^th	University of Illinois High School	Urbana
10^th	Skinner North Elementary School	Chicago

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Top 10 High Schools in Illinois

Rank	School	City
1^st	Illinois Mathematics and Science	Aurora
2^nd	University of Illinois High School	Urbana
3^rd	Payton College Preparatory High School	Chicago
4^th	Northside College Preparatory High School	Chicago
5^th	Young Magnet High School	Chicago
6^th	Jones College Prep High School	Chicago
7^th	New Trier Township H S Winnetka	Winnetka
8^th	Lane Technical High School	Chicago
9^th	Glenbrook North High School	Northbrook
10^th	Hancock College Preparatory High School	Chicago

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District Name	Number of Schools	IL Illinois District Rank	City	County
Chicago Public Schools District 299	651	698^th	Chicago	Cook County
School District U-46	55	594^th	Elgin	Kane County
Rockford School District 205	46	745^th	Rockford	Winnebago County
Springfield School District 186	34	714^th	Springfield	Sangamon County
Indian Prairie CUSD 204	34	145^th	Aurora	DuPage County
Plainfield School District 202	32	303^rd	Plainfield	Will County
Peoria School District 150	30	769^th	Peoria	Peoria County
Cusd 300	29	433^rd	Algonquin	McHenry County
Schaumburg CCSD 54	28	205^th	Schaumburg	Cook County
McLean County Unified School District 5	26	432^nd	Normal	McLean County

District Name	Number of Schools	IL Illinois District Rank	City	County
Il Mathematics & Science Academy	1	1^st	Aurora	Kane County
University of Ill Lab School	1	2^nd	Urbana	Champaign County
New Trier Township HSD 203	2	3^rd	Northfield	Cook County
Hinsdale CCSD 181	9	4^th	Clarendon Hills	DuPage County
Kenilworth School District 38	1	5^th	Kenilworth	Cook County
Butler School District 53	3	6^th	Oak Brook	DuPage County
Damiansville School District 62	1	7^th	Damiansville	Clinton County
Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125	2	8^th	Lincolnshire	Lake County
Northbrook Education Service District 27	3	9^th	Northbrook	Cook County
Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103	4	10^th	Lincolnshire	Lake County

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Cities in Illinois

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Top 10 IL Illinois Cities

City	Number of Schools	IL Illinois City Rank
Chicago	975	682^nd
Aurora	75	568^th
Rockford	70	733^rd
Peoria	68	688^th
Naperville	68	47^th
Springfield	58	700^th
Joliet	53	650^th
Elgin	47	677^th
Belleville	39	542^nd
Plainfield	37	247^th

City	Number of Schools	IL Illinois City Rank
Hinsdale	7	1^st
Kenilworth	1	2^nd
Oak Brook	5	3^rd
Damiansville	1	4^th
Clarendon Hills	6	5^th
Northfield	7	6^th
Lincolnshire	4	7^th
Bannockburn	1	8^th
Glencoe	3	9^th
La Grange Highlands	2	10^th

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