The top public high schools on the North Shore and in Chicago’s north suburbs jostled for position on this year’s U.S. News & World report of high school rankings, with Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire again gaining Illinois’ top spot for public, non-selective enrollment high schools and other schools wedging into place above New Trier High School in Winnetka and Northfield, a traditional academic powerhouse in the state.
You won’t find suburban public high schools, as good as they are, at the top of the heap, though. Those slots go to Chicago Public Schools’ selective enrollment schools, such as Northside College Prep, which ranked number one in the state among public schools, and Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, which came in second.
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Both of those admit fewer than 5% of students who apply to get in, per baiduhai reporting. Slots 3, 5 and 7 in the state were also filled by CPS selective enrollment schools.
By contrast, suburban public schools admit 100% of students who live in their school districts.
This year, U.S. News & World’s rankings show Hinsdale Central gaining the second-highest place for non-selective public high schools in Illinois, and Lake Forest High School taking third in that category.
Here are the ways non-selective suburban public high schools on the North Shore stacked up, with schools in some other areas added for clarity. The national figures given are for all Illinois public high schools, including selective and non-selective schools.
- Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire took first in the state among suburban non-selective public high schools, and #8 in Illinois overall, and ranked 208th nationally.
- Hinsdale Central High School in DuPage County followed at number 2 in this category and ninth in Illinois overall, landing at number 231 nationally.
- Lake Forest High School advanced to third in this category, and number 11 in Illinois overall, and placed 277th nationally.
- New Trier High School in Winnetka, with a freshman campus in Northfield, arrived at fourth in the state in this category, and 13th overall, and 324th nationally.
- Vernon Hills High School ranked fifth among suburban public high schools in this open enrollment category, as well as 14th in the state overall and 343rd in national rankings.
- Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook ranked sixth in this category, 15th in the state overall and 378th nationally.
- Deerfield High School ranked seventh in this category of non-selective suburban public high schools, 17th in the state overall and 387th nationally.
- Libertyville High School ranked 20th in Illinois overall, and 462nd in the country.
- Glenbrook South High School in Glenview ranked 23rd in the state overall, and 523rd nationally.
- Evanston Township High School ranked 31st in Illinois overall and 660th nationally.
- Maine South High School in Park Ridge took the 32nd spot in Illinois overall, and 673rd nationally.
- Highland Park High School ranked 38th in Illinois overall and 756th in the nation.
- Niles North High School in Skokie ranked 59th in Illinois and 1,242nd nationally.
- Niles West High School in Skokie took 77th place in Illinois overall, and 1,748th nationally.