Illinois' Best School Districts: New Rankings Released

Niche has ranked Illinois' best school districts for 2019 and the Community High School District No. 128 in Libertyville is the No.1 school district in the state.

The rankings were released this week by Niche as part of its 2019 K-12 rankings. Niche ranked a total of 81 school districts in Illinois.

New Trier Township High School District No. 203, Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203, Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220 and Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204 closed out the top five spots in the state. (Get Patched In: Subscribe to free daily email, news alerts, Facebook fun and more from Patch)

Here are the top school districts in Illinois that received a minimum Niche grade of B:

• Community High School District No. 128
• New Trier Township High School District No. 203
• Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203
• Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220
• Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204
• Glenbrook High Schools District 225
• Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86
• Community Unit School District No. 200
• Elmhurst School District No. 205
• Township High School District No. 113
• Niles Township Community High School District No. 219
• Dunlap Community Unit School District No. 323
• Geneva Community Unit School District No. 304
• Township High School District No. 214
• Lake Zurich Community Unit School District No. 95
• Lincoln Way Community High School District No. 210
• St. Charles Community Unit School District No. 303
• Consolidated High School District No. 230
• Township High School District No. 211
• Community High School District No. 99
• Maine Township High School District No. 207
• Grayslake Community High School District No. 127
• Lisle Community Unit School District No. 202
• Batavia Public School District 101
• Glenbard Township High School District No. 87
• Edwardsville Community Unit School District No. 7
• Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District No. 3
• Community Unit School District No. 201
• Community High School District No. 155
• Oswego Community Unit School District No. 308
• Consolidated School District No. 158
• Leyden Community High School District No. 212
• Morton Community Unit School District No. 709
• Community High School District No. 117
• DuPage High School District No. 88
• Byron Community Unit School District No. 226
• Tremont Community Unit School District No. 702
• Belleville Township High School District No. 201
• Monticello Community Unit School District No. 25
• River Ridge Community Unit School District No. 210
• McLean County Unified School District No. 5
• Erie Community Unit School District No. 1
• Tri-Valley Community Unit School District No. 3
• Maroa Forsyth Community Unit School District No. 2
• Ball Chatham Community Unit School District No. 5
• Central Community Unit School District No. 301
• Coal City Community Unit School District No. 1
• Sterling Community Unit School District No. 5
• Williamsville Community Unit School District No. 15
• Woodstock Community Unit School District No. 200
• Elmwood Park Community Unit School District No. 401
• Dakota Community Unit School District No. 201
• Pecatonica Community Unit School District No. 321
• Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5
• Rochester Community Unit School District No. 3-A
• Wesclin Community Unit School District No. 3
• Bloomington School District No. 87
• Mascoutah Community Unit School District No. 19
• Carterville Community Unit School District No. 5
• Dieterich Community Unit School District No. 30
• Teutopolis Community Unit School District No. 50
• Sycamore Community Unit School District No. 427
• Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District No. 5
• Columbia Community Unit School District No. 4
• Eureka Community Unit School District No. 140
• Geneseo Community Unit School District No. 228
• Oregon Community Unit School District No. 220
• Somonauk Community Unit School District No. 432
• Mount Zion Community Unit School District No. 3
• United Community Unit School District No. 304
• Highland Community Unit School District No. 5
• Princeville Community Unit School District No. 326
• Galena Unified School District No. 120
• Community Unit School District No. 300
• Wauconda Community Unit School District No. 118
• Grant Park Community Unit School District No. 6
• Macomb Community Unit School District No. 185
• Lexington Community Unit School District No. 7
• Cobden Unit School District No. 17
• Plainfield School District No. 202

You can see the full list of Illinois' best school districts here.

According to Niche, the Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York, is the best school district in the country overall. With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district a B+.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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