Best High Schools in Illinois for Female 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, Female 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 (Female vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 658)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
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%	0.01%
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	99.7%	99.7%	0.02%
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%	99.6%	0.03%
174169002092	4	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	99.4%	98.7%	0.68%
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	99.2%	99.3%	0.04%
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	99.1%	99.1%	0.05%
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	98.9%	99.0%	0.06%
170417000113	8	John Hersey High School	Public	9-12	1900 E Thomas St	Arlington Heights	60004	Cook County	Township HSD 214	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 718-4800	2,049	118	17.3	18.8%	1,435 (70.0%)	29 (1.4%)	297 (14.5%)	216 (10.5%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	68 (3.3%)	$20,070			$319			$19,751	98.8%	98.4%	0.36%
170009904506	9	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%)								98.6%	99.4%	0.80%
170993000990	10	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	98.5%	98.3%	0.20%

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.