Best public high schools in Illinois

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 211, IL
- Enrollment: 2,013 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#30. Hoffman Estates High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 214, IL
- Enrollment: 2,248 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#29. Prospect High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 214, IL
- Enrollment: 1,971 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#28. Buffalo Grove High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 214, IL
- Enrollment: 2,049 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#27. John Hersey High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Niles Township Community High School District No. 219, IL
- Enrollment: 2,062 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#26. Niles North High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204, IL
- Enrollment: 2,546 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#25. Waubonsie Valley High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 113, IL
- Enrollment: 1,806 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#24. Highland Park High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Evanston Township High School District No. 202, IL
- Enrollment: 3,727 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#23. Evanston Township High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203, IL
- Enrollment: 2,612 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#22. Naperville Central High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Lake Forest, IL
- Enrollment: 1,467 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#21. Lake Forest High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 113, IL
- Enrollment: 1,492 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#20. Deerfield High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Glenbard Township High School District No. 87, IL
- Enrollment: 2,321 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#19. Glenbard West High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Naperville Community Unit School District No. 203, IL
- Enrollment: 2,659 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#18. Naperville North High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204, IL
- Enrollment: 2,996 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#17. Metea Valley High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 211, IL
- Enrollment: 2,468 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#16. James B. Conant High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Barrington Community Unit School District No. 220, IL
- Enrollment: 2,834 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#15. Barrington High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Township High School District No. 211, IL
- Enrollment: 2,698 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#14. William Fremd High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Community High School District 128, IL
- Enrollment: 1,527 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#13. Vernon Hills High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Hinsdale Township High School District No. 86, IL
- Enrollment: 2,544 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#12. Hinsdale Central High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Glenbrook High School District 225, IL
- Enrollment: 2,052 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#11. Glenbrook North High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Glenbrook High School District 225, IL
- Enrollment: 3,080 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#10. Glenbrook South High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Indian Prairie Community Unit School District No. 204, IL
- Enrollment: 3,297 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#9. Neuqua Valley High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: New Trier Township High School District No. 203, IL
- Enrollment: 2,995 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#8. New Trier Township High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Chicago Public Schools, IL
- Enrollment: 4,330 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Lane Tech College Prep High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Chicago Public Schools, IL
- Enrollment: 1,909 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. Jones College Prep High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Adlai E. Stevenson High School District No. 125, IL
- Enrollment: 4,392 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Adlai E. Stevenson High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Chicago Public Schools, IL
- Enrollment: 2,051 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Aurora, IL
- Enrollment: 624 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Chicago Public Schools, IL
- Enrollment: 1,027 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Northside College Preparatory High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Chicago Public Schools, IL
- Enrollment: 1,167 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Payton College Preparatory High School
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