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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 699)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
170993003989	1	Payton College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	1034 N Wells St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-0034	1,167	77	15.1	28.9%	481 (41.2%)	107 (9.2%)	261 (22.4%)	260 (22.3%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.6%)	49 (4.2%)	$12,126			$1,718			$10,408	100	100	1
170993000714	2	Young Magnet High School	Public	7-12	211 S Laflin St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-7500	2,051	130	15.8	34.5%	552 (26.9%)	348 (17.0%)	560 (27.3%)	479 (23.4%)	4 (0.2%)	19 (0.9%)	89 (4.3%)	$12,107			$1,489			$10,618	99.8	100	4	2
170993003481	3	Northside College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	5501 N Kedzie Ave	Chicago	60625	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-3954	1,027	64	16	36.8%	360 (35.1%)	59 (5.7%)	298 (29.0%)	210 (20.4%)	4 (0.4%)	12 (1.2%)	84 (8.2%)	$11,861			$1,513			$10,348	99.5	100	1	2
170009904506	4	University High School	Public	9-12	Isu Campus Box 5300	Normal	61790	McLean County	ISU Laboratory Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 438-8994	605	43	14	1.8%	447 (73.9%)	29 (4.8%)	39 (6.4%)	53 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.0%)								99.1	99.5	13	9
172283002531	5	Libertyville High School	Public	9-12	708 W Park Ave	Libertyville	60048	Lake County	Chsd 128	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 327-7000	1,832	132	13.8	5.0%	1,399 (76.4%)	33 (1.8%)	162 (8.8%)	170 (9.3%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	61 (3.3%)	$24,814			$539			$24,275	98.6	99	19	14
173258003385	6	Adlai E Stevenson High School	Public	9-12	1 Stevenson Dr	Lincolnshire	60069	Lake County	Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(847) 415-4000	4,392	279	15.7	5.0%	2,157 (49.1%)	91 (2.1%)	365 (8.3%)	1,644 (37.4%)	8 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	126 (2.9%)	$22,705			$422			$22,283	98.6	99.9	7	1
172820002975	7	New Trier Township H S Winnetka	Public	10-12	385 Winnetka Ave	Winnetka	60093	Cook County	New Trier Township HSD 203	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(847) 446-7000	2,995	257	11.6	3.2%	2,312 (77.2%)	22 (0.7%)	215 (7.2%)	289 (9.6%)	5 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	147 (4.9%)	$27,500			$534			$26,966	98.4	100	6	1
170993000942	8	Lane Technical High School	Public	7-12	2501 W Addison St	Chicago	60618	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-5400	4,330	248	17.4	34.9%	1,671 (38.6%)	290 (6.7%)	1,509 (34.8%)	467 (10.8%)	23 (0.5%)	31 (0.7%)	339 (7.8%)	$10,291			$1,356			$8,935	98.4	100	5	3
174169002092	9	Neuqua Valley High School	Public	9-12	2360 95th St	Naperville	60564	Will County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 428-6000	3,297	216	15.2	10.8%	1,559 (47.3%)	182 (5.5%)	257 (7.8%)	1,126 (34.2%)	4 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	167 (5.1%)	$12,798			$92			$12,706	98.3	99.6	12	3
172771002939	10	Naperville Central High School	Public	9-12	440 Aurora Ave	Naperville	60540	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 420-6422	2,612	176	14.8	14.3%	1,728 (66.2%)	93 (3.6%)	254 (9.7%)	414 (15.8%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	112 (4.3%)	$16,882			$511			$16,371	98.2	98.8	22	12

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT English Language Arts, SAT Mathematics, ISA Science test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 27, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.