Best High Schools in Illinois

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PreACT Secure and ACT test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 30, 2025.

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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
291	Reed-Custer High School	Public	9-12	249 Comet Dr	Braidwood	60408	Will County	Reed Custer CUSD 255U	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 458-2166	397	34	11.6	41.8%	330 (83.1%)	1 (0.3%)	50 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	$22,865			$184			$22,681	55.9	45.3	349	58		173338003456
292	La Salle-Peru Township High School	Public	9-12	541 Chartres St	La Salle	61301	LaSalle County	La Salle-Peru Township HSD 120	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 223-1721	1,167	89	13	47.3%	787 (67.4%)	29 (2.5%)	280 (24.0%)	18 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (4.4%)	$20,120			$758			$19,362	55.9	45	352	60		172211002481
293	Taft High School	Public	7-12	6530 W Bryn Mawr Ave	Chicago	60631	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-1000	4,487	275	16.3	50.6%	1,768 (39.4%)	134 (3.0%)	2,017 (45.0%)	335 (7.5%)	15 (0.3%)	27 (0.6%)	189 (4.2%)	$15,050			$888			$14,162	55.8	53.8	274	19		170993001153
294	Spoon River Valley Senior High School	Public	9-12	35265 N IL Route 97	London Mills	61544	Fulton County	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 778-2201	60	8	7.1	43.3%	56 (93.3%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$27,776			$61			$27,715	55.7	20	549	255		173696003809
295	Morrison High School	Public	9-12	643 Genesee Ave	Morrison	61270	Whiteside County	Morrison CUSD 6	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 772-4071	294	22	13.3	34.4%	252 (85.7%)	4 (1.4%)	26 (8.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$13,869			$527			$13,342	55.7	53	282	13		172671002852
296	Virginia Junior/ Senior High School	Public	6-12	651 S Morgan St	Virginia	62691	Cass County	Virginia CUSD 64	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 452-3087	156	15	10.7	59.6%	139 (89.1%)	2 (1.3%)	9 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	$14,942			$2,222			$12,720	55.5	37.5	418	122		174041004070
297	Prairie Central High School	Public	9-12	411 N 7th St	Fairbury	61739	Livingston County	Prairie Central CUSD 8	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 692-2355	487	42	11.7	40.0%	402 (82.5%)	5 (1.0%)	60 (12.3%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	$15,324			$137			$15,187	55.4	54.7	265	32		170000505126
298	Fulton High School	Public	9-12	1207 12th St	Fulton	61252	Whiteside County	River Bend CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 589-3511	284	23	12.2	37.7%	259 (91.2%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	$13,577			$948			$12,629	55.3	45.3	348	50		173395003488
299	Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	810 4th St	Pawnee	62558	Sangamon County	Pawnee CUSD 11	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 625-2471	247	24	10.2	8.9%	234 (94.7%)	3 (1.2%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$16,324			$456			$15,868	55.2	62.9	208	91		173093003221
300	Newton Community High School	Public	9-12	201 Westend Ave	Newton	62448	Jasper County	Jasper County CUD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 783-2303	412	27	15.5	40.0%	388 (94.2%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	$11,600			$441			$11,159	55	54.7	266	34		172038002299

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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.