Top 20 Public High Schools in Illinois With the Best Administrations

Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics and its own parent/student surveys, Niche.com has released its updated ranking of the nation’s best-run public high schools in 2016.

More than 9,500 public high schools were ranked based on the overall quality of its administration and policies. Of the 100 Illinois high schools included in Niche’s ranking, 10 were among the Top 100 best in the nation.

The vast majority of schools ranked by Niche are located either in Chicago or the surrounding suburbs, where property tax wealth typically is the highest. And while a school’s education-administration expense ratio and expenses per student are among the factors taken into consideration, Niche’s parent/student surveys and “overall experience grade” were given the highest weight (you can read more about the methodology here).

But as with any school ranking, it's important to take these findings with a grain of a salt. For example, several high schools in Lincoln Way CHSD 210 made the cut, despite ongoing spending questions and financial difficulties within the district.

Here are the Top 20 public high schools in Illinois that are perceived to have the best administrations and policies, according to Niche.

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