A child with a talent for sports thrives most in a school with a good athletic program.
Some districts in Illinois are better than others when it comes to student athletics. Niche, a data-analyzing website focused on schools, has graded some of the best schools for athletes in Illinois. The results stem from U.S. Department of Education data, student and parent surveys, test scores and other categories.
Where do some of Illinois’s schools rank in the list? Below are the top 25 schools for athletes in Illinois, according to Niche:
- Lincoln-Way Community High School District No. 210, New Lenox (A+)
- Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203, Naperville (A+)
- Edwardsville Community Unit School District No. 7, Edwardsville (A)
- New Trier Township High School District No. 203, Northfield, (A+)
- Community High School District No. 155, Crystal Lake (A+)
- St. Charles Community Unit School District No. 303, Saint Charles (A+)
- Evanston Township High School District No. 202, Evanston (A+)
- Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220, Barrington (A+)
- Huntley Community School District No. 158, Algonquin (A)
- Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125, Lincolnshire (A+)
- Batavia Public School District 101, Batavia (A)
- Community High School District 128, Vernon Hills (A+)
- Chicago Public Schools, Chicago (B)
- Lake Zurich Community Unit School District No. 95, Lake Zurich (A)
- Community Unit School District No. 200, Wheaton (A+)
- Township High School District No. 211, Palatine (A+)
- Glenbrook High School District 225, Glenview (A+)
- Rochester Community Unit School District No. 3-A, Rochester (A-)
- Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204, Aurora (A+)
- Glenbard Township High School District No. 87, Glen Ellyn (A+)
- Elmhurst School District No. 205, Elmhurst (A+)
- Township High School District No. 214, Arlington Heights (A+)
- Yorkville Community Unit School District No. 115, Yorkville (A-)
- Monticello Community Unit School District No. 25, Monticello (A)
- Ball Chatham Community Unit School District No. 5, Chatham (A-)
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