Best High Schools in Illinois for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 554)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Northside College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	5501 N Kedzie Ave	Chicago	60625	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-3954	1,032	72	14.4	36.9%	377 (36.5%)	67 (6.5%)	294 (28.5%)	221 (21.4%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.6%)	64 (6.2%)	$17,450			$2,217			$15,233	99.8%	99.7%	0.11%			170993003481
2	Young Magnet High School	Public	7-12	211 S Laflin St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7500	2,221	133	16.6	34.8%	534 (24.0%)	400 (18.0%)	632 (28.5%)	548 (24.7%)	4 (0.2%)	15 (0.7%)	88 (4.0%)	$16,374			$2,084			$14,289	99.6%	99.4%	0.21%			170993000714
3	University of Illinois High School	Public	7-12	1212 W Springfield Ave	Urbana	61801	Champaign County	University of Ill Lab School	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(217) 333-2870	314	1	314		106 (33.8%)	21 (6.7%)	45 (14.3%)	109 (34.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.6%)								99.5%	99.9%	0.40%			170010004505
4	Payton College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	1034 N Wells St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-0034	1,265	86	14.7	33.8%	438 (34.6%)	116 (9.2%)	324 (25.6%)	328 (25.9%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (4.2%)	$16,820			$2,109			$14,710	99.3%	99.6%	0.29%			170993003989
5	Lane Technical High School	Public	7-12	2501 W Addison St	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5400	4,525	269	16.8	36.7%	1,647 (36.4%)	305 (6.7%)	1,579 (34.9%)	468 (10.3%)	21 (0.5%)	27 (0.6%)	478 (10.6%)	$14,612			$1,956			$12,656	99.1%	99.4%	0.33%			170993000942
6	Jones College Prep High School	Public	9-12	700 S State St	Chicago	60605	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-8600	1,973	119	16.6	41.5%	617 (31.3%)	237 (12.0%)	667 (33.8%)	364 (18.4%)	11 (0.6%)	5 (0.3%)	72 (3.6%)	$15,869			$2,078			$13,792	98.9%	99.1%	0.22%			170993000990
7	Proviso Math and Science Academy	Public	9-12	8601 Roosevelt Rd	Forest Park	60130	Cook County	Proviso Township HSD 209	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 556-5583	921	46	20	19.9%	48 (5.2%)	188 (20.4%)	636 (69.1%)	27 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.2%)	$17,938			$3,350			$14,588	98.7%	85.8%	12.94%			173291005781
8	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	98.6%	99.0%	0.44%			172820002975
9	Oak Park & River Forest High School	Public	9-12	201 N Scoville Ave	Oak Park	60302	Cook County	Oak Park - River Forest School District 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 383-0700	3,256	236	13.8	19.9%	1,634 (50.2%)	616 (18.9%)	492 (15.1%)	103 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	334 (10.3%)	$25,390			$807			$24,583	98.4%	97.4%	0.96%			172928003070
10	Evanston Township High School	Public	9-12	1600 Dodge Ave	Evanston	60201	Cook County	Evanston Township HSD 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 424-7200	3,586	266	13.4	37.4%	1,591 (44.4%)	862 (24.0%)	723 (20.2%)	162 (4.5%)	10 (0.3%)	4 (0.1%)	230 (6.4%)	$27,900			$465			$27,435	98.2%	93.3%	4.94%			171449001804

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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.

Educational resources:

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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.