Northern Illinois Area High Schools Receive Top Honors By Newsweek
School is back in session for some kids around the area. There are a few who already received a big honor by a weekly publication.
Newsweek listed the top 500 high schools in the nation that prepare kids the best to go to college. Twenty-four schools in Illinois were on that list. Here they are with the rank being first, name of the school, college readiness, graduation rate, college bound students and poverty
| 8 | Northside College Preparatory High School | IL | 94.3 | 99.2 | 99.6 | 37.5 |
| 17 | New Trier Township High School | IL | 91.1 | 99.7 | 96.3 | 3.5 |
| 34 | Hinsdale Central High School | IL | 87.9 | 98.6 | 98.7 | 6.3 |
| 37 | Lake Forest High School | IL | 87.0 | 99.0 | 91.9 | 3.4 |
| 73 | Maine South High School | IL | 80.7 | 95.2 | 91.0 | 8.4 |
| 77 | Whitney Young High School | IL | 84.1 | 99.4 | 92.9 | 40.5 |
| 103 | Glenbrook South High School | IL | 83.6 | 96.6 | 98.0 | 26.6 |
| 138 | Crystal Lake Central High School | IL | 76.1 | 91.9 | 90.4 | 23.4 |
| 154 | Neuqua Valley High School | IL | 81.1 | 97.3 | 95.1 | 8.9 |
| 156 | Barrington High School | IL | 81.0 | 95.9 | 96.0 | 19.3 |
| 176 | District 211- William Fremd High School | IL | 79.1 | 97.9 | 84.3 | 12 |
| 186 | York Community High School | IL | 79.9 | 97.2 | 94.9 | 16.5 |
| 204 | Wheaton North High School | IL | 79.4 | 98.0 | 94.0 | 24.4 |
| 242 | Cary-Grove High School | IL | 78.7 | 98.7 | 96.4 | 11.6 |
| 249 | Deerfield High School | IL | 78.5 | 100.0 | 95.9 | 2.9 |
| 260 | Waubonsie Valley High School | IL | 78.3 | 96.1 | 98.0 | 23.1 |
| 279 | James B. Conant High School | IL | 78.0 | 97.8 | 97.9 | 21.2 |
| 349 | Lincoln-Way West High School | IL | 76.3 | 99.7 | 93.5 | 11.7 |
| 424 | Grayslake North High School | IL | 74.5 | 98.5 | 92.2 | 11 |
| 434 | Lincoln-Way Central High School | IL | 73.0 | 97.9 | 81.0 | 10.4 |
| 449 | Grayslake Central High School | IL | 73.3 | 97.8 | 85.6 | 13.1 |
| 452 | Galena High School | IL | 74.4 | 98.1 | 96.1 | 22 |
| 454 | Hinsdale South High School | IL | 73.9 | 92.2 | 96.0 | 28 |
| 467 | Morton High School | IL | 72.4 | 97.7 |
Number one on the list was a high school in Virginia called Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology. There is another list called beating the odds 2016. You can view both lists here
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