Best Schools for White Students in Illinois (2026)

These are the Illinois public schools where white students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested white students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Prospect Elem School Clarendon Hills	72%	87%	126	A+
2	Brook Forest Elem School Oak Brook	85%	75%	58	A+
3	Thurgood Marshall Elementary Rockford	72%	87%	113	A+
4	Oak Elem School Hinsdale	82%	72%	97	A+
5	Madison Elem School Hinsdale	77%	77%	146	A+
6	Greeley Elem School Winnetka	72%	77%	90	A+
7	Meadowbrook Elem School Northbrook	72%	77%	161	A+
8	The Lane Elem School Hinsdale	77%	72%	108	A+
9	Indian Trail Elem School Highland Park	67%	77%	156	B+
10	Monroe Elem School Hinsdale	77%	67%	122	A+
11	Walker School Clarendon Hills	77%	67%	97	A+
12	West School Glencoe	62%	77%	229	A+
13	Elm Elem School Burr Ridge	72%	67%	83	A+
14	Dewey Elem School Evanston	67%	72%	61	A+
15	Westmoor Elem School Northbrook	62%	77%	139	A+
16	Longfellow Elem School Wheaton	67%	72%	99	A+
17	Central Elem School Riverside	72%	67%	96	A+
18	Chelsea Elem School Frankfort	69%	66%	653	A
19	Copeland Manor Elem School Libertyville	67%	67%	140	A+
20	Highlands Elem School Naperville	67%	67%	151	B
21	Lincoln Elem School Wheaton	62%	72%	131	A+
22	Gower West Elem School Willowbrook	67%	67%	104	A+
23	Alhambra Primary School Alhambra	55%	75%	44	A+
24	Iroquois West Elem School/Gilman Gilman	65%	65%	48	A+
25	Willowbrook Elem School Glenview	62%	67%	84	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Keller Elem Gifted Magnet School Chicago	95%	95%	33	B+
2	Edison Elem Regional Gifted Cntr Chicago	87%	92%	82	A+
3	Skinner North Elem Sch Chicago	87%	92%	98	B+
4	Decatur Classical Elem School Chicago	87%	77%	68	A+
5	Reservoir Gifted School Peoria	82%	82%	160	A+
6	Thurgood Marshall School Rockford	82%	82%	295	A
7	Hickory Creek Middle School Frankfort	87%	73%	637	A+
8	Hawthorne Elem Scholastic Academy Chicago	72%	82%	179	A+
9	The Joseph Sears School Kenilworth	77%	77%	222	A
10	Lenart Elem Regional Gifted Ctr Chicago	70%	70%	24	C+
11	Cossitt Ave Elem School La Grange	67%	72%	212	A+
12	Lisbon Grade School Newark	77%	62%	64	A+
13	Iles Elem School Springfield	67%	72%	82	A+
14	Lincoln Elem School Chicago	69%	66%	329	A
15	Aviston Elem School Aviston	67%	67%	230	A+
16	Bannockburn School Bannockburn	67%	67%	73	A+
17	Skinner Elem School Chicago	72%	62%	141	C+
18	Pritzker Elem School Chicago	67%	67%	87	B
19	Willowbrook Middle School South Beloit	77%	57%	250	A+
20	Carleton W Washburne School Winnetka	62%	72%	298	A+
21	Park Junior High School La Grange Park	73%	58%	307	A+
22	Clarendon Hills Middle School Clarendon Hills	63%	67%	419	A
23	Teutopolis Grade School Teutopolis	67%	63%	329	B
24	LaSalle II Lang Acad Elem Sch Chicago	62%	67%	71	A
25	Dunlap Middle School Dunlap	72%	57%	284	A+

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Northside College Preparatory Hs Chicago	98%	98%	72	A+
2	Payton College Preparatory HS Chicago	98%	98%	130	A+
3	Jones College Prep High School Chicago	98%	92%	208	A+
4	Young Magnet High School Chicago	92%	98%	193	A+
5	Lane Technical High School Chicago	92%	91%	449	A+
6	New Trier Township H S Winnetka Winnetka	81%	75%	781	A+
7	Kenwood Academy High School Chicago	85%	65%	39	A
8	Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale	74%	73%	465	A+
9	Lake Forest High School Lake Forest	72%	72%	300	A+
10	Evanston Twp High School Evanston	76%	67%	398	A+
11	Oak Park & River Forest High Sch Oak Park	75%	66%	478	A+
12	University High School Normal	72%	62%	113	A+
13	Deerfield High School Deerfield	69%	65%	344	A+
14	Adlai E Stevenson High School Lincolnshire	68%	65%	568	A+
15	Barrington High School Barrington	65%	66%	432	A+
16	Highland Park High School Highland Park	67%	62%	295	A+
17	Glenbrook North High School Northbrook	64%	64%	364	A+
18	Glenbrook South High School Glenview	66%	62%	497	A+
19	John Hersey High School Arlington Heights	68%	60%	345	A+
20	Prospect High School Mt Prospect	63%	61%	420	A+
21	Glenbard West High School Glen Ellyn	64%	60%	342	A+
22	Libertyville High School Libertyville	64%	60%	369	A+
23	Wheaton North High School Wheaton	65%	59%	319	A+
24	Neuqua Valley High School Naperville	64%	59%	441	A+
25	Naperville North High School Naperville	62%	60%	410	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

Best Schools for White Students in Illinois (2026)

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