Best High Schools in Illinois for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Illinois!

Every year, the Illinois State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Illinois test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Illinois State Board of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 493)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
170993000990	1	Jones College Prep High School	Public	9-12	700 S State St	Chicago	60605	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-8600	1,909	111	17.1	34.5%	755 (39.5%)	213 (11.2%)	556 (29.1%)	298 (15.6%)	4 (0.2%)	14 (0.7%)	69 (3.6%)	$10,995			$1,385			$9,609	99.8%	98.3%	1.51%
170993000942	1	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	99.8%	98.9%	0.94%
170993003481	1	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	99.8%	99.6%	0.23%
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	99.8%	99.9%	0.06%
170993000714	1	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%	99.7%	0.08%
170993001980	6	Hancock College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	4034 W 56th St	Chicago	60629	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-2410	1,010	59	17.1	71.6%	46 (4.6%)	17 (1.7%)	928 (91.9%)	13 (1.3%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	$11,200			$2,051			$9,148	98.8%	93.0%	5.79%
170993005791	7	Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School	Public	7-12	6130 S Wolcott Ave	Chicago	60636	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9300	1,335	91	14.7	49.8%	45 (3.4%)	913 (68.4%)	350 (26.2%)	11 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.0%)	$13,266			$2,016			$11,250	98.6%	75.4%	23.19%
171932002222	8	Hinsdale Central High School	Public	9-12	5500 S Grant St	Hinsdale	60521	DuPage County	Hinsdale Township HSD 86	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 570-8000	2,544	189	13.4	5.7%	1,663 (65.4%)	67 (2.6%)	218 (8.6%)	544 (21.4%)	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	44 (1.7%)	$21,753			$426			$21,327	98.4%	97.6%	0.81%
172038002299	9	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	392	28	13.8	38.5%	381 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,233			$622			$10,610	98.2%	70.2%	27.93%
172901003042	10	Glenbrook North High School	Public	9-12	2300 Shermer Rd	Northbrook	60062	Cook County	Glenbrook HSD 225	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 272-6400	2,052	159	12.9	4.1%	1,443 (70.3%)	13 (0.6%)	115 (5.6%)	382 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	97 (4.7%)	$38,630			$150			$38,480	98.0%	96.7%	1.26%

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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.