Best High Schools in Illinois for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 294)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	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	99.7%	99.9%	0.20%
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	99.3%	99.7%	0.39%
170993000990	3	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	99.0%	98.3%	0.70%
172307002544	4	Lincoln-Way East High School	Public	9-12	201 Colorado Ave	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Lincoln Way CHSD 210	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 464-4130	2,736	170	16.1	7.3%	1,984 (72.5%)	247 (9.0%)	287 (10.5%)	109 (4.0%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	106 (3.9%)	$10,764			$425			$10,339	98.6%	96.6%	2.07%
170993000942	5	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	98.3%	98.9%	0.56%
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	98.0%	99.1%	1.18%
173291005781	7	Proviso Math and Science Academy	Public	9-12	8601 Roosevelt Rd	Forest Park	60130	Cook County	Proviso Township HSD 209	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 556-5583	867	47	18.4	20.2%	56 (6.5%)	176 (20.3%)	605 (69.8%)	19 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	$14,743			$529			$14,214	97.6%	89.3%	8.35%
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	97.3%	97.6%	0.29%
171983002247	9	Huntley High School	Public	9-12	13719 Harmony Rd	Huntley	60142	McHenry County	Huntley Community School District 158	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 659-6600	3,024	179	16.8	12.3%	2,256 (74.6%)	63 (2.1%)	371 (12.3%)	197 (6.5%)	16 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	119 (3.9%)	$11,804			$597			$11,207	96.9%	95.9%	1.09%
174169002092	10	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	96.6%	98.7%	2.11%

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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:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

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.