Summary:
ZIP code 60061 has one high school, Vernon Hills High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,419 students. Its 2025–26 graduation rate was 96%, compared with 95% in Chsd 128 and 90% statewide. Chronic absenteeism was 18%—higher than the district’s 16%, but lower than the state’s 24%. Most notably, all nine reported 2025–26 test results were above state results, by 25 to 34 percentage points.
There are no other listed schools to rank against Vernon Hills, so it is both the top and bottom school in this one-school list. Mathematics shows the largest average advantage over the state: 32 points, compared with 28 in science and 27 in ELA. The school’s results are generally below its district benchmark, however: eight of nine are lower. The exception is 10th-grade PreACT Secure science, which is 0.3 points above the district result.
Results improved in five of nine matched test-and-grade comparisons from 2024–25 to 2025–26; average proficiency rose by just under a point, and the average lead over the state widened by 1 point. Changes varied: 10th-grade PreACT mathematics rose by 8 points, while 9th-grade PreACT science fell by 5 points, and all three ACT subject results declined. SchoolDigger gives the school five stars and ranks it 21 of 620 for 2025–26. For additional context, its student-teacher ratio was 12.3:1 in 2024–25, and 13% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible in 2021–22.
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