Top 50 Chicagoland Public Schools for Athletes

A child with a talent for sports thrives most in a school with a good athletic program.

Some schools in Chicagoland 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 Chicagoland.

The results stem from U.S. Department of Education data, student and parent surveys, test scores and other categories. Where do some of Chicagoland’s schools rank in the list?

Below are the top 50 schools for athletes in Chicagoland, according to Niche:

1. Lincoln-Way Community High School District No. 210, New Lenox (A+)
2. Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203, Naperville (A+)
3. New Trier Township High School District No. 203, Northfield (A+)
4. Community High School District No. 155, Crystal Lake (A+)
5. St. Charles Community Unit School District No. 303, Saint Charles (A+)
6. Evanston Township High School District No. 202, Evanston (A+)
7. Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220, Barrington (A+)
8. Huntley Community School District No. 158, Algonquin (A)
9. Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125, Lincolnshire (A+)
10. Batavia Public School District 101, Batavia (A)
11. Community High School District 128, Vernon Hills (A+)
12. Chicago Public Schools, Chicago (B)
13. Community Unit School District, Wheaton (A+)
14. Township High School District No. 211, Palatine (A+)
15. Glenbrook High School District 225, Glenview (A+)
16. Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204, Aurora (A+)
17. Glenbard Township High School District No. 87, Glen Ellyn (A+)
18. Elmhurst School District No. 205, Elmhurst (A+)
19. Township High School District No. 214, Arlington Heights (A+)
20. Yorkville Community Unit School District No. 115, Yorkville (A-)
21. Crown Point Community School Corporation, Crown Point (A)
22. Valparaiso Community Schools, Valparaiso (A)
23. Duneland School Corporation, Chesterton (A)
24. Maine Township High School District No. 207, Park Ridge (A+)
25. Oswego Community Unit School District No. 308, Oswego (A-)
26. Valley View Community Unit School District No. 365-U, Romeoville (A-)
27. Consolidated High School District No. 230, Orland Park (A+)
28. Hanover Community School Corporation, Cedar Lake (B+)
29. Bremen Community High School District No. 228, Midlothian (B+)
30. Grayslake Community High School District No. 127, Grayslake (A+)
31. Community High School District No. 99, Downers Grove (A+)
32. Lake Central School Corporation, Saint John (A)
33. Plainfield School District No. 202, Plainfield (A-)
34. Crete Monee Community Unit School District No. 201-U, Crete (C+)
35. Niles Township Community High School District No. 219, Skokie (A+)
36. Portage Township Schools, Portage (B-)
37. Geneva Community Unit School District No. 304, Geneva (A)
38. Community High School District No. 218, Oak Lawn (A-)
39. Merrillville Community School Corporation, Merrillville (B)
40. Community High School District No. 117, Lake Villa (A+)
41. Porter Township School Corporation, Valparaiso (B+)
42. Lisle Community Unit School District No. 202, Lisle (A)
43. J. Sterling Morton High School No. 201, Cicero (C+)
44. Gary Community School Corporation, Gary (D-)
45. Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86, Hinsdale (A+)
46. School City of East Chicago, East Chicago (C-)
47. Community Unit School District No. 300, Algonquin (A-)
48. Aurora West Unified School District No. 129, Aurora (B)
49. Plano Community Unit School District No. 88, Plano (B)
50. Johnsburg Community Unit School District No. 12, Johnsburg (B)

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