A child with a talent for sports thrives most in a school with a good athletic program.
Some schools in Cook County 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 Cook County. The results stem from U.S. Department of Education data, student and parent surveys, test scores and other categories.
Where do some of Cook County’s schools rank in the list? Below are the top 20 schools for athletes in Cook County, according to Niche.
- New Trier Township High School District No. 203, Northfield (A+)
- Evanston Township High School District No. 202, Evanston (A+)
- Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220, Barrington (A+)
- Chicago Public Schools, Chicago (B)
- Township High School District No. 211, Palatine (A+)
- Glenbrook High School District 225, Glenview (A+)
- Township High School District No. 214, Arlington Heights (A+)
- Maine Township High School District No. 207, Park Ridge (A+)
- Consolidated High School District No. 230, Orland Park (A+)
- Bremen Community High School District No. 228, Midlothian (B+)
- Niles Township Community High School District No. 219, Skokie (A+)
- Community High School District No. 218, Oak Lawn (A-)
- J. Sterling Morton High School District No. 201, Cicero (C+)
- Thornton Township High School District No. 205, South Holland (C-)
- Rich Township High School District No. 227, Matteson (C )
- Leyden Community High School District No. 212, Franklin Park (A)
- Thornton Fractional Township High School District No. 215, Lansing (B-)
- Bloom Township High School District No. 206, Chicago Heights (C+)
- Elmwood Park Community Unit School District No. 401, Elmwood Park (B)
- Proviso Township High School District No. 209, Forest Park (C)
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