Best High Schools in Illinois for Military Connected 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, Military Connected 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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SAT test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 23)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Freeburg Community High School	Public	9-12	401 S Monroe St	Freeburg	62243	St. Clair County	Freeburg CHSD 77	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 539-5533	685	44	15.5	12.0%	634 (92.6%)	6 (0.9%)	13 (1.9%)	13 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.5%)	$13,201			$521			$12,679	95.7%	89.2%	6.41%			171584001892
2	New Trier Township H S Winnetka	Public	10-12	385 Winnetka Ave	Winnetka	60093	Cook County	New Trier Township HSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(847) 446-7000	2,792	253	11		2,082 (74.6%)	22 (0.8%)	229 (8.2%)	275 (9.8%)	4 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	148 (5.3%)	$34,555			$386			$34,168	91.3%	99.0%	7.69%			172820002975
3	O Fallon High School	Public	9-12	600 S Smiley St	O Fallon	62269	St. Clair County	O Fallon Township HSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 632-3507	2,559	155	16.5	23.8%	1,501 (58.7%)	560 (21.9%)	205 (8.0%)	68 (2.7%)	1 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	221 (8.6%)	$13,709			$963			$12,746	87.0%	86.9%	0.01%			172979003090
4	Edwardsville High School	Public	9-12	6161 Center Grove Rd	Edwardsville	62025	Madison County	Edwardsville CUSD 7	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 656-7100	2,342	136	17.1	20.9%	1,803 (77.0%)	194 (8.3%)	127 (5.4%)	69 (2.9%)	6 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	141 (6.0%)	$13,422			$722			$12,700	82.6%	90.5%	7.92%			171353001639
5	Mascoutah High School	Public	9-12	1313 W Main St	Mascoutah	62258	St. Clair County	Mascoutah CUD 19	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 566-8523	1,231	82	14.9	22.9%	864 (70.2%)	136 (11.0%)	106 (8.6%)	23 (1.9%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	93 (7.6%)	$13,017			$819			$12,198	78.3%	90.4%	12.13%			172494002701
6	Glenwood High School	Public	9-12	1501 E Plummer Blvd	Chatham	62629	Sangamon County	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 483-2424	1,468	87	16.8		1,114 (75.9%)	88 (6.0%)	83 (5.7%)	81 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	102 (6.9%)	$11,525			$315			$11,210	73.9%	85.7%	11.74%			170492000184
7	Hampshire High School	Public	9-12	1600 Big Timber Rd	Hampshire	60140	Kane County	Cusd 300	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 792-3500	1,955	121	16.1	27.3%	1,099 (56.2%)	88 (4.5%)	544 (27.8%)	142 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (3.9%)	$16,339			$841			$15,498	69.6%	78.8%	9.20%			170855000485
8	Bremen High School	Public	9-12	15203 Pulaski Rd	Midlothian	60445	Cook County	Bremen CHSD 228	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 371-3600	1,452	89	16.3		154 (10.6%)	301 (20.7%)	947 (65.2%)	16 (1.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.1%)	$23,800			$1,409			$22,391	65.2%	33.0%	32.22%			170705000364
9	West Aurora High School	Public	9-12	1201 W New York St	Aurora	60506	Kane County	Aurora West Unified School District 129	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 301-5600	3,655	239	15.2	49.4%	764 (20.9%)	391 (10.7%)	2,309 (63.2%)	77 (2.1%)	7 (0.2%)	4 (0.1%)	103 (2.8%)	$15,872			$1,389			$14,483	60.9%	44.5%	16.39%			170471000174
10	Glenbard South High School	Public	9-12	23W200 Butterfield Rd	Glen Ellyn	60137	DuPage County	Glenbard Township HSD 87	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 469-6500	1,027	67	15.3	29.1%	604 (58.8%)	94 (9.2%)	151 (14.7%)	134 (13.0%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	38 (3.7%)	$24,797			$620			$24,177	56.5%	91.1%	34.58%			171683001990

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, 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.