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
161	Brown County High School	Public	9-12	500 E Main St	Mount Sterling	62353	Brown County	Brown County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 773-7702	224	18	12.6	32.1%	205 (91.5%)	4 (1.8%)	9 (4.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$14,921			$512			$14,409	71.3	47.1	332	171		172730002893
162	Westinghouse High School	Public	9-12	3223 W Franklin Blvd	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-6400	1,230	84	14.6	60.2%	33 (2.7%)	580 (47.2%)	520 (42.3%)	76 (6.2%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	16 (1.3%)	$17,620			$1,846			$15,774	71.2	58.7	231	69		170993006083
163	Warren Township High School	Public	9-12	34090 N Almond Rd	Gurnee	60031	Lake County	Warren Township HSD 121	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 548-6611	3,537	226	15.6		1,144 (32.3%)	536 (15.2%)	1,395 (39.4%)	328 (9.3%)	8 (0.2%)	16 (0.5%)	110 (3.1%)	$21,274			$493			$20,781	71.1	68	172	9		174080004097
164	Grant Park High School	Public	9-12	421 Esson Farm Rd	Grant Park	60940	Kankakee County	Grant Park CUSD 6	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 465-2181	127	11	11.1	40.9%	103 (81.1%)	1 (0.8%)	21 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$20,079			$128			$19,951	71	66.8	179	15		171737002052
165	Riverdale Senior High School	Public	9-12	9622 256th St N	Port Byron	61275	Rock Island County	Riverdale CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 523-3181	324	27	11.8	16.0%	287 (88.6%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (5.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$13,973			$430			$13,543	71	75.1	138	27		173393003484
166	Nashville Community High School	Public	9-12	1300 S Mill St	Nashville	62263	Washington County	Nashville CHSD 99	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 327-8286	359	31	11.7	33.4%	320 (89.1%)	11 (3.1%)	14 (3.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.1%)	$20,778			$308			$20,470	70.8	76.8	131	35		172774002947
167	Lexington High School	Public	9-12	100 E Wall St	Lexington	61753	McLean County	Lexington CUSD 7	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 365-2711	163	14	12	18.4%	152 (93.3%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.9%)	$15,361			$121			$15,240	70.7	67.6	174	7		172271002519
168	Woodland High School	Public	9-12	5800 E 3000 North Rd	Streator	61364	Livingston County	Woodland CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 672-2900	138	13	10.9	37.0%	122 (88.4%)	2 (1.4%)	11 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$27,913			$27			$27,887	70.6	55.8	254	86		173807003900
169	Central High School	Public	9-12	610 W University Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3914	1,666	126	13.2	44.4%	630 (37.8%)	433 (26.0%)	321 (19.3%)	156 (9.4%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (6.8%)	$16,648			$664			$15,983	70.6	72.8	149	20		170942000546
170	Wethersfield Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	439 Willard St	Kewanee	61443	Henry County	Wethersfield CUSD 230	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 853-4205	217	20	11.1	43.8%	160 (73.7%)	6 (2.8%)	40 (18.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$11,956			$326			$11,630	70.4	93.5	53	117		174206004205

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.