Best High Schools in Illinois

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 698)	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	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
231	B H R A Cooperative High School	Public	9-12	17268 E 2750 North Rd	Bismarck	61814	Vermilion County	B H R A Cooperative High School	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 759-7291	0	25	0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								62.2	33.2	448	217		170143306554
232	Dee-Mack High School	Public	9-12	401 E Fifth St	Mackinaw	61755	Tazewell County	Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 359-4421	293	25	11.6	25.6%	280 (95.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$15,405			$368			$15,037	62.2	63.6	204	28		171188001434
233	Flora High School	Public	9-12	600 S Locust St	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 662-8316	353	30	11.9	43.9%	331 (93.8%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	$14,274			$1,071			$13,203	62.2	33.8	443	210		171540001841
234	Plainfield East High School	Public	9-12	12001 Naperville Rd	Plainfield	60585	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 577-0324	1,825	113	16.1	39.7%	634 (34.7%)	363 (19.9%)	463 (25.4%)	231 (12.7%)	15 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	113 (6.2%)	$14,742			$398			$14,344	62.1	78.6	118	116		173174006027
235	Willowbrook High School	Public	9-12	1250 S Ardmore Ave	Villa Park	60181	DuPage County	DuPage HSD 88	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 530-3439	1,983	118	16.7	48.0%	803 (40.5%)	171 (8.6%)	762 (38.4%)	165 (8.3%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (4.0%)	$22,182			$624			$21,558	62	69.2	167	68		171394001738
236	New Athens High School	Public	9-12	501 Hanft St	New Athens	62264	St. Clair County	New Athens CUSD 60	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 475-2173	164	14	11.7	31.7%	155 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$16,643			$336			$16,307	61.7	54	271	35		172796002958
237	Stockton Senior High School	Public	9-12	540 N Rush St	Stockton	61085	Jo Daviess County	Stockton CUSD 206	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 947-3323	170	14	11.8	41.2%	140 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (11.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.3%)	$17,058			$426			$16,632	61.7	93.4	55	182		173798003891
238	Shelbyville High School	Public	9-12	1001 W North 6th St	Shelbyville	62565	Shelby County	Shelbyville CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 774-3926	345	27	12.7	37.7%	312 (90.4%)	11 (3.2%)	10 (2.9%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$12,440			$903			$11,537	61.4	78.7	117	121		173609003740
239	Polo Community High School	Public	9-12	100 S Union Ave	Polo	61064	Ogle County	Polo CUSD 222	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 946-3314	186	16	11.6	36.6%	163 (87.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$15,485			$1,197			$14,288	61.3	52.9	283	44		173210003360
240	Grant Community High School	Public	9-12	285 E Grand Ave	Fox Lake	60020	Lake County	Grant CHSD 124	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 587-2561	1,769	118	14.9	48.2%	924 (52.2%)	98 (5.5%)	544 (30.8%)	72 (4.1%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	122 (6.9%)	$22,897			$591			$22,306	61.3	52	288	48		171734002050

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PreACT Secure English Language Arts, PreACT Secure Mathematics, PreACT Secure Science, ACT English Language Arts, ACT Mathematics, ACT Science test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2025, 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.
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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.