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Township HSD 214

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At a glance

153^rdof 738 Illinois districts▼ 2

Better than 79% of Illinois districts

High 11Grades 9-12

2121 S Goebbert Rd
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4205·(847) 718-7600·All Illinois district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 79.3% of districts

Schools

11,911

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedJohn Hersey High School17^th of 620 Illinois high schools

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Biggest riser

Buffalo Grove High School up 13 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wheeling High School 15.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Township HSD 214 has six high schools serving grades 9–12. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 12 to 15 percentage points above the state in each of the nine matching ACT and PreACT measures. The key takeaway is that strong district-wide averages hide large differences from one school to another.

John Hersey High School was the clearest test-score leader, ranking first in seven of nine measures; its scores were 19 to 28 points above the average of the other five schools in those comparisons. Prospect High School led grade 10 PreACT science and had the highest reported graduation rate, 96%, compared with 90% statewide. At the other end, Wheeling High School had the lowest score in seven measures, 20 to 28 points below the other five schools’ average. Its grade 9 ELA and science results were exceptions: ELA was 61.9%, just above the state’s 61.5%, and science was 49%, above the state’s 47%. Elk Grove High School had the lowest scores in all three grade 9 PreACT subjects.

Overall results were nearly flat between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, though changes varied by school and grade. Buffalo Grove High School had the largest average improvement across the nine measures, up 2 points; Elk Grove’s grade 10 scores rose 7 points in ELA, 9 in math and 5 in science, while its grade 9 ELA and science fell 13 and 10 points. SchoolDigger ranks Prospect 22nd and Hersey 17th statewide, both with five stars, and Buffalo Grove 71st. The schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible shares, reported for school year 2021–2022, ranged from 16% at Prospect to 52% at Wheeling; this is context, not an explanation of results. Student-teacher ratios for 2024–2025 ranged from 15.2 at Wheeling to 17.3 at Hersey. These results and comparisons are a two-year snapshot.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
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/reduced lunch (2021-22)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Young Adult Program	Public	9-12	2121 S Goebbert Rd	Arlington Heights	60005	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 718-7909	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Buffalo Grove High School	Public	9-12	1100 W Dundee Rd	Buffalo Grove	60089	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 718-4000	2,021	120	16.8	29.2%	1,080 (53.4%)	41 (2.0%)	623 (30.8%)	208 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (3.4%)	84.4	71^st of 620 public high schools	88.5%		84.6	84^th of 698 public high schools	88.0%	13	76.4	64.3	59.9	50.8	67.7	62.4	62.5	58.0	63.7	98.2%		$28,159	$816	$27,343
Elk Grove High School	Public	9-12	500 W Elk Grove Blvd	Elk Grove Village	60007	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 718-4400	1,906	119	16.0	44.8%	696 (36.5%)	38 (2.0%)	944 (49.5%)	159 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	60 (3.1%)	55.2	248^th of 620 public high schools	60.0%		63.6	221^st of 698 public high schools	68.3%	27	59.2	55.8	37.6	38.5	43.8	55.5	47.9	36.8	50.8	99.2%		$28,618	$870	$27,749
John Hersey High School	Public	9-12	1900 E Thomas St	Arlington Heights	60004	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 718-4800	2,040	124	16.5	18.8%	1,376 (67.5%)	31 (1.5%)	284 (13.9%)	261 (12.8%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	83 (4.1%)	97.7	17^th of 620 public high schools	97.3%		97.6	17^th of 698 public high schools	97.6%		89.7	88.0	75.3	72.0	76.3	78.1	82.4	77.1	83.2	98%		$25,789	$816	$24,974
Prospect High School	Public	9-12	801 W Kensington Rd	Mount Prospect	60056	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 718-5200	2,245	130	17.3	16.4%	1,576 (70.2%)	48 (2.1%)	318 (14.2%)	189 (8.4%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	107 (4.8%)	95.7	22^nd of 620 public high schools	96.5%		96.1	24^th of 698 public high schools	96.6%	2	85.3	83.8	70.2	68.8	70.2	78.4	77.6	68.0	75.8	98%		$25,492	$816	$24,676
Rolling Meadows High School	Public	9-12	2901 Central Rd	Rolling Meadows	60008	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 718-5600	1,956	122	16.0	37.0%	882 (45.1%)	72 (3.7%)	793 (40.5%)	140 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (3.3%)	73.5	122^nd of 620 public high schools	80.3%		77.7	126^th of 698 public high schools	81.9%	4	72.5	65.1	48.7	44.9	57.3	57.7	57.3	46.1	54.9	98.7%		$27,841	$887	$26,954
The Academy at Forest View	Public	9-12	2121 S Goebbert Rd	Arlington Heights	60005	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 718-7771	0	23	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Wheeling High School	Public	9-12	900 S Elmhurst Rd	Wheeling	60090	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 718-7000	1,743	114	15.2	51.8%	428 (24.6%)	54 (3.1%)	1,115 (64.0%)	104 (6.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (2.4%)	47.8	307^th of 620 public high schools	50.5%		57.2	271^st of 698 public high schools	61.2%	36	61.9	43.1	41.7	35.3	49.3	42.1	42.8	36.7	41.8	99%		$29,909	$980	$28,929
Vanguard School	Public	9-12	2121 S Goebbert Rd	Arlington Heights	60005	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 718-7870	0	11	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Newcomer Center	Public	9-12	2121 S Goebbert Rd	Arlington Heights	60005	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 718-7836	0	11	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
The Academy at Forest View - Intermediate	Public	9-12	2121 S Goebbert Rd	Arlington Heights	60005	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(847) 718-7771	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Community Cons School District 59	0.46 mi	16	488^th
Mount Prospect School District 57	1.48 mi	4	104^th
Arlington Heights School District 25	1.65 mi	9	83^rd
NW Suburban Special Educ Org	2.54 mi	10
Palatine CCSD 15	2.57 mi	20	399^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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