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Illinois · 767 graded towns

Towns and cities in Illinois

284 of Illinois’ 767 graded towns and cities (37%) grade A− or better nationally, against 25% of U.S. towns. Clarendon Hills ranks first in the state with an A+; health (A+) and schools (A+) are its strongest grades; cost of living (C) is its lowest.

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767
towns of 2,500+ with an overall grade
284
grade A− or better nationally
1
of 2,500+ without enough data for a grade
517
smaller places (1,000–2,499) with subject grades
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A+56A116A−112B+80B83B−58C+59C59C−59D70D−15

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Every town of 2,500+ residents with an overall grade, in 88 counties, A to Z inside each. The rank is among 767 Illinois towns on the best places to live list. A town that spans counties is listed in the one where most of it lies.

767 graded towns, A to Z.

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Adams County 3 graded

  1. C+Ellington Township#550 of 7672,719
  2. CMelrose Township#589 of 7675,506
  3. C+Quincy#562 of 76738,918

Bond County 2 graded

  1. B+Central Township#324 of 7678,368
  2. A−Greenville#249 of 7677,469

Boone County 6 graded

  1. C−Belvidere#658 of 76725,462
  2. DBonus Township#699 of 7674,390
  3. CCaledonia Township#621 of 7677,246
  4. DCandlewick Lakeunincorporated, Boone County#685 of 7675,448
  5. D−Flora Township#755 of 7673,011
  6. B−Poplar Grove#464 of 7675,206

Brown County 1 graded

  1. BMount Sterling Township#396 of 7674,448

Bureau County 3 graded

  1. C+Hall Township#539 of 7678,193
  2. B+Princeton#307 of 7677,674
  3. B−Spring Valley#484 of 7675,408

Carroll County 3 graded

  1. C−Savanna#641 of 7672,699
  2. C−Savanna Township#661 of 7673,324
  3. DYork Townshipanother York Township is in DuPage County#747 of 7672,757

Cass County 1 graded

  1. C−Beardstown#625 of 7675,691

Champaign County 15 graded

  1. C−Champaign#624 of 76791,195
  2. B−Champaign City Township#504 of 76791,195
  3. A−Champaign Township#280 of 76711,377
  4. CCunningham Township#567 of 76739,719
  5. C−Ludlow Township#665 of 7674,076
  6. A−Mahomet#261 of 76710,516
  7. B+Mahomet Township#332 of 76714,687
  8. D−Rantoul#763 of 76711,991
  9. B−Savoy#448 of 7679,113
  10. ASt. Joseph#122 of 7673,689
  11. B+St. Joseph Township#288 of 7675,436
  12. B−Tolono#451 of 7673,499
  13. B−Tolono Township#488 of 7676,256
  14. C−Urbana#652 of 76739,719
  15. B−Urbana Township#493 of 7677,450

Christian County 3 graded

  1. B−Locust Township#461 of 7673,144
  2. BPana#436 of 7675,010
  3. B−Taylorville#476 of 76710,522

Clark County 2 graded

  1. C+Casey Township#513 of 7673,413
  2. B+Marshall#291 of 7673,880

Clay County 2 graded

  1. B−Flora#497 of 7674,634
  2. CHarter Township#582 of 7675,912

Clinton County 9 graded

  1. A+Breese#37 of 7674,602
  2. ABreese Township#136 of 7675,521
  3. C−Brookside Township#657 of 7674,522
  4. B+Carlyle#359 of 7673,188
  5. B+Carlyle Township#346 of 7673,778
  6. A−Looking Glass Township#242 of 7676,427
  7. ANew Baden#90 of 7673,378
  8. ASugar Creek Township#81 of 7676,723
  9. A+Trenton#50 of 7672,643

Coles County 3 graded

  1. DCharleston#709 of 76717,466
  2. DLafayette Township#686 of 7674,678
  3. C−Mattoon#638 of 76716,667

Cook County 133 graded

  1. C−Alsip#666 of 76718,483
  2. AArlington Heights#88 of 76776,216
  3. A+Barringtonalso in Lake County#16 of 76710,586
  4. ABarrington Hillsalso in McHenry County#77 of 7674,086
  5. ABarrington Township#84 of 76716,247
  6. C−Bellwood#682 of 76718,116
  7. C+Berkeley#561 of 7675,141
  8. C+Berwyn#522 of 76755,001
  9. C−Bloom Township#663 of 76783,631
  10. DBlue Island#707 of 76721,805
  11. C+Bremen Township#534 of 767104,303
  12. B+Bridgeview#350 of 76716,521
  13. C+Broadview#564 of 7677,871
  14. A+Brookfield#18 of 76718,879
  15. C−Burbank#630 of 76728,578
  16. DBurnham#700 of 7673,919
  17. DCalumet City#733 of 76734,798
  18. D−Calumet Park#753 of 7676,772
  19. DCalumet Township#740 of 76717,950
  20. C−Chicago#676 of 7672,731,585
  21. DChicago Heights#724 of 76726,508
  22. CChicago Ridge#611 of 76714,036
  23. C−Cicero#662 of 76781,858
  24. DCountry Club Hills#725 of 76716,215
  25. A−Countryside#272 of 7676,260
  26. CCrestwood#596 of 76710,529
  27. A−Des Plaines#197 of 76758,772
  28. DDixmoor#728 of 7672,951
  29. D−Dolton#757 of 76720,671
  30. B+Elk Grove Township#294 of 76793,072
  31. B+Elk Grove Village#303 of 76731,885
  32. BElmwood Park#404 of 76723,675
  33. BEvanston#419 of 76776,380
  34. C+Evergreen Park#507 of 76719,283
  35. B−Flossmoor#456 of 7679,358
  36. CForest Park#593 of 76713,829
  37. C+Franklin Park#511 of 76718,045
  38. A+Glencoe#11 of 7678,724
  39. A−Glenview#192 of 76747,711
  40. C−Glenwood#680 of 7678,416
  41. A−Hanover Parkalso in DuPage County#250 of 76736,568
  42. BHanover Townshipanother Hanover Township is in Jo Daviess County#444 of 76797,956
  43. DHarvey#751 of 76719,849
  44. AHarwood Heights#72 of 7678,761
  45. DHazel Crest#739 of 76713,024
  46. A−Hickory Hills#205 of 76714,101
  47. C+Hillside#559 of 7678,140
  48. A−Hoffman Estates#228 of 76750,858
  49. AHometown#134 of 7674,191
  50. BHomewood#429 of 76718,773
  51. AIndian Head Park#128 of 7673,961
  52. A+Inverness#28 of 7677,418
  53. CJustice#608 of 76712,285
  54. A+La Grange#42 of 76715,935
  55. A+La Grange Park#22 of 76713,453
  56. C−Lansing#668 of 76728,068
  57. A+Lemont#13 of 76718,513
  58. A+Lemont Township#25 of 76723,223
  59. C+Leyden Township#543 of 76790,402
  60. BLincolnwood#368 of 76713,039
  61. DLynwood#691 of 7679,297
  62. CLyons#618 of 76710,433
  63. A−Lyons Township#219 of 767112,345
  64. A−Maine Township#176 of 767136,611
  65. DMarkham#732 of 76711,274
  66. CMatteson#620 of 76718,543
  67. DMaywood#714 of 76723,330
  68. C−Melrose Park#670 of 76723,936
  69. C+Midlothian#549 of 76713,841
  70. A−Morton Grove#239 of 76724,582
  71. A−Mount Prospect#231 of 76755,395
  72. A+New Trier Township#45 of 76756,118
  73. BNiles#381 of 76730,443
  74. B+Niles Township#290 of 767109,978
  75. A−Norridge#257 of 76714,808
  76. BNorth Riverside#439 of 7677,161
  77. ANorthbrook#61 of 76734,744
  78. A+Northfield#26 of 7675,632
  79. ANorthfield Township#117 of 76789,835
  80. CNorthlake#574 of 76712,462
  81. ANorwood Park Township#133 of 76726,584
  82. A−Oak Forest#193 of 76726,792
  83. B−Oak Lawn#502 of 76756,450
  84. BOak Park#400 of 76752,823
  85. DOlympia Fields#706 of 7674,593
  86. AOrland Hills#110 of 7676,663
  87. AOrland Park#168 of 76757,954
  88. AOrland Township#163 of 76796,641
  89. A−Palatine#194 of 76765,842
  90. A−Palatine Township#203 of 767111,179
  91. A−Palos Heights#206 of 76712,084
  92. APalos Hills#120 of 76718,028
  93. APalos Park#140 of 7674,805
  94. APalos Township#157 of 76755,372
  95. C−Park Forest#675 of 76721,079
  96. A+Park Ridge#30 of 76738,463
  97. C−Posen#653 of 7675,405
  98. A−Prospect Heights#258 of 76715,552
  99. C+Proviso Township#512 of 767147,144
  100. CRich Township#601 of 76774,003
  101. C−Richton Park#674 of 76712,483
  102. A−River Forest#241 of 76711,393
  103. B−River Grove#475 of 76710,409
  104. D−Riverdale#761 of 76710,280
  105. A+Riverside#23 of 7678,939
  106. ARiverside Townshipanother Riverside Township is in Adams County#74 of 76716,083
  107. DRobbins#738 of 7674,588
  108. A−Rolling Meadows#279 of 76723,690
  109. B−Rosemont#471 of 7673,815
  110. DSauk Village#735 of 7679,624
  111. A−Schaumburg#233 of 76777,249
  112. ASchaumburg Township#91 of 767131,411
  113. BSchiller Park#403 of 76711,317
  114. B−Skokie#465 of 76766,544
  115. A+South Barrington#41 of 7675,071
  116. DSouth Chicago Heights#688 of 7673,884
  117. DSouth Holland#743 of 76720,749
  118. B−Stickney#485 of 7676,897
  119. CStickney Township#604 of 76740,266
  120. CStone Park#615 of 7674,477
  121. B+Streamwood#322 of 76738,277
  122. C−Summit#672 of 76710,753
  123. DThornton Township#693 of 767152,667
  124. A−Tinley Park#210 of 76755,140
  125. A−Westchester#264 of 76716,300
  126. A+Western Springs#4 of 76713,588
  127. B+Wheeling#319 of 76738,391
  128. A−Wheeling Township#199 of 767154,050
  129. AWillow Springs#102 of 7675,788
  130. AWilmette#67 of 76727,459
  131. A+Winnetka#10 of 76712,518
  132. C+Worth#560 of 76710,696
  133. C+Worth Townshipanother Worth Township is in Woodford County#531 of 767148,514

Crawford County 3 graded

  1. B−Oblong Township#489 of 7672,730
  2. B+Robinson#356 of 7677,283
  3. A−Robinson Township#243 of 7679,399

Cumberland County 1 graded

  1. BNeoga Township#402 of 7672,719

De Witt County 2 graded

  1. CClinton#570 of 7676,781
  2. BClintonia Township#445 of 7677,123

DeKalb County 9 graded

  1. CCortland#566 of 7674,676
  2. B−Cortland Township#460 of 76711,644
  3. C−DeKalb#654 of 76740,467
  4. B−Genoa#458 of 7675,547
  5. BKingston Township#411 of 7673,486
  6. A−Sandwich#175 of 7677,380
  7. CSquaw Grove Township#565 of 7672,717
  8. ASycamore#166 of 76719,083
  9. A−Sycamore Township#227 of 76715,039

Douglas County 4 graded

  1. B+Arcola#335 of 7672,928
  2. B+Bourbon Township#327 of 7674,173
  3. BCamargo Township#425 of 7673,507
  4. A−Tuscola#201 of 7674,668

DuPage County 38 graded

  1. BAddison#430 of 76735,758
  2. BAddison Township#410 of 76787,841
  3. A−Bartlettalso in Cook County#223 of 76740,855
  4. BBensenville#446 of 76718,525
  5. A−Bloomingdale#202 of 76722,476
  6. A−Bloomingdale Township#265 of 767111,039
  7. ABurr Ridgealso in Cook County#80 of 76711,179
  8. ACarol Stream#147 of 76739,315
  9. A+Clarendon Hills#1 of 7678,681
  10. ADarien#75 of 76722,032
  11. ADowners Grove#98 of 76750,365
  12. ADowners Grove Township#82 of 767149,599
  13. AElmhurst#93 of 76746,111
  14. A+Glen Ellyn#19 of 76728,750
  15. B+Glendale Heights#360 of 76732,655
  16. A+Hinsdale#5 of 76717,573
  17. A+Itasca#24 of 7679,488
  18. A+Lisle#20 of 76723,432
  19. ALisle Township#71 of 767119,740
  20. B+Lombard#325 of 76744,399
  21. AMilton Township#121 of 767119,815
  22. A+Napervillealso in Will County#46 of 767153,114
  23. ANaperville Township#115 of 767107,908
  24. B−Oak Brook#462 of 7678,108
  25. B+Oakbrook Terrace#321 of 7672,792
  26. A−Roselle#247 of 76722,756
  27. B+Villa Park#292 of 76721,888
  28. AWarrenville#164 of 76715,211
  29. BWayne Township#394 of 76763,935
  30. BWest Chicago#378 of 76725,296
  31. AWestmont#148 of 76724,155
  32. A+Wheaton#49 of 76754,065
  33. A−Willowbrookanother Willowbrook is in Will County#198 of 7679,126
  34. A+Winfield#17 of 76710,146
  35. B+Winfield Township#347 of 76746,284
  36. BWood Dale#405 of 76714,081
  37. AWoodridge#100 of 76734,028
  38. A−York Townshipanother York Township is in Carroll County#220 of 767128,137

Edgar County 1 graded

  1. B−Paris#492 of 7678,026

Effingham County 6 graded

  1. ADouglas Townshipanother Douglas Township is in Iroquois County#104 of 76712,693
  2. BEffingham#434 of 76712,406
  3. A−Mound Township#184 of 7673,508
  4. B+Summit Township#305 of 7673,723
  5. A+Teutopolis Township#3 of 7672,818
  6. A−Watson Township#278 of 7673,176

Fayette County 2 graded

  1. C+Sharon Township#527 of 7672,814
  2. CVandalia#586 of 7677,108

Ford County 4 graded

  1. C−Drummer Township#631 of 7673,914
  2. C−Gibson City#644 of 7673,371
  3. A−Patton Township#185 of 7675,104
  4. APaxton#158 of 7674,323

Franklin County 9 graded

  1. DBenton#689 of 7676,558
  2. DBenton Townshipanother Benton Township is in Lake County#690 of 7678,535
  3. C−Christopher#660 of 7672,607
  4. DDenning Township#729 of 7674,628
  5. DFrankfort Townshipanother Frankfort Township is in Will County#744 of 7676,265
  6. CGoode Township#610 of 7672,606
  7. DSix Mile Township#718 of 7673,450
  8. C−Tyrone Township#635 of 7674,582
  9. DWest Frankfort#730 of 7677,105

Fulton County 3 graded

  1. CCanton#619 of 76713,297
  2. CFarmington Township#592 of 7673,094
  3. CLewistown Township#591 of 7672,562

Grundy County 9 graded

  1. BAux Sable Township#437 of 76715,963
  2. ABraceville Township#109 of 7676,617
  3. A+Coal City#35 of 7675,831
  4. ADiamond#76 of 7672,714
  5. A−Felix Township#262 of 7674,531
  6. A−Minooka#256 of 76712,899
  7. BMorris#442 of 76714,669
  8. B−Morris Township#468 of 7677,356
  9. B+Saratoga Township#289 of 7676,597

Hamilton County 2 graded

  1. B+McLeansboro#343 of 7672,585
  2. B−McLeansboro Township#454 of 7673,611

Hancock County 3 graded

  1. A−Carthage Township#179 of 7672,848
  2. C+Hamilton#548 of 7672,624
  3. C+Montebello Township#528 of 7673,189

Henry County 7 graded

  1. A−Colona#189 of 7674,938
  2. AColona Township#78 of 7676,595
  3. A−Geneseo#254 of 7676,505
  4. C+Kewanee#552 of 76712,115
  5. CKewanee Township#572 of 7679,494
  6. A+Western Township#48 of 7672,854
  7. BWethersfield Township#389 of 7673,695

Iroquois County 3 graded

  1. B−Chebanse Township#473 of 7672,782
  2. DMiddleport Township#727 of 7673,603
  3. DWatseka#703 of 7674,510

Jackson County 5 graded

  1. DCarbondale#746 of 76721,811
  2. CMakanda Township#579 of 7673,987
  3. DMurphysboro#749 of 7676,977
  4. DMurphysboro Township#717 of 7679,333
  5. D−Somerset Township#764 of 7673,940

Jasper County 2 graded

  1. BNewton#365 of 7672,715
  2. B+Wade Townshipanother Wade Township is in Clinton County#287 of 7674,282

Jefferson County 4 graded

  1. CDodds Township#599 of 7672,682
  2. DMount Vernon#736 of 76714,187
  3. C−Shiloh Township#678 of 7676,449
  4. CSpring Garden Township#622 of 7672,522

Jersey County 3 graded

  1. A−Jersey Township#269 of 76710,005
  2. B+Jerseyville#297 of 7678,409
  3. B+Piasa Township#318 of 7673,016

Jo Daviess County 3 graded

  1. BDunleith Township#375 of 7673,487
  2. AGalena#132 of 7673,210
  3. AWest Galena Township#89 of 7673,143

Kane County 27 graded

  1. BAuroraalso in DuPage County#422 of 767181,505
  2. C+Aurora Township#541 of 767127,446
  3. ABatavia#97 of 76726,586
  4. A−Batavia Township#213 of 76735,974
  5. A−Blackberry Township#259 of 76717,903
  6. A+Campton Hills#6 of 76710,894
  7. ACampton Township#137 of 76717,328
  8. B+Carpentersville#309 of 76737,045
  9. A−Dundee Township#270 of 76764,737
  10. B−East Dundee#467 of 7673,130
  11. AElburn#86 of 7677,084
  12. C+Elginalso in Cook County#526 of 767115,476
  13. A+Geneva#47 of 76721,138
  14. AGeneva Township#68 of 76726,220
  15. AGilberts#112 of 7679,082
  16. A−Hampshire#268 of 7679,266
  17. BNorth Aurora#406 of 76719,406
  18. APingree Grove#103 of 76712,545
  19. APlato Township#60 of 7679,235
  20. B+Rutland Townshipanother Rutland Township is in LaSalle County#352 of 76729,843
  21. A+Sleepy Hollow#14 of 7673,122
  22. B+South Elgin#295 of 76725,656
  23. ASt. Charles#153 of 76733,594
  24. ASt. Charles Township#146 of 76752,830
  25. A−Sugar Grove#182 of 7679,381
  26. BSugar Grove Township#380 of 76721,157
  27. A−West Dundee#240 of 7678,570

Kankakee County 11 graded

  1. DAroma Township#745 of 7674,827
  2. B−Bourbonnais#474 of 76717,658
  3. C+Bourbonnais Township#523 of 76738,541
  4. C−Bradley#633 of 76715,214
  5. DGaneer Township#726 of 7673,161
  6. D−Kankakee#765 of 76723,400
  7. CLimestone Townshipanother Limestone Township is in Peoria County#583 of 7674,961
  8. B+Manteno#300 of 7679,201
  9. BManteno Township#409 of 76711,202
  10. CMomence#585 of 7673,158
  11. C−Yellowhead Township#642 of 7672,549

Kendall County 11 graded

  1. C+Boulder Hillunincorporated, Kendall County#551 of 7678,989
  2. B+Bristol Township#364 of 76736,464
  3. B+Kendall Township#308 of 76710,154
  4. CLittle Rock Township#569 of 76714,921
  5. B−Montgomeryalso in Kane County#480 of 76721,978
  6. BNa-Au-Say Township#440 of 76711,233
  7. A−Oswego#177 of 76739,948
  8. B+Oswego Township#339 of 76761,778
  9. B−Plano#449 of 76712,677
  10. B−Seward Township#472 of 7676,806
  11. A−Yorkville#225 of 76726,730

Knox County 6 graded

  1. CAbingdon#573 of 7672,832
  2. DCedar Township#684 of 7672,942
  3. DGalesburg#716 of 76728,581
  4. DGalesburg City Township#713 of 76728,581
  5. B−Knox Township#469 of 7674,785
  6. B+Knoxville#317 of 7672,810

LaSalle County 17 graded

  1. C−Bruce Township#632 of 76711,675
  2. BLaSalle#438 of 7679,388
  3. CLaSalle Township#600 of 76713,152
  4. BLake Holidayunincorporated, LaSalle County#418 of 7675,641
  5. C+Manlius Township#525 of 7676,068
  6. C+Marseilles#532 of 7674,809
  7. BMendota#382 of 7676,894
  8. CMission Township#602 of 7673,738
  9. BNorthville Township#433 of 7677,316
  10. C+Oglesby#510 of 7673,618
  11. C−Ottawa#656 of 76718,684
  12. COttawa Township#613 of 76711,179
  13. C+Otter Creek Township#529 of 7672,623
  14. BPeru#387 of 7679,780
  15. C+Rutland Townshipanother Rutland Township is in Kane County#519 of 7673,581
  16. C−South Ottawa Township#648 of 7678,299
  17. C−Streator#650 of 76712,190

Lake County 59 graded

  1. A−Antioch#275 of 76715,000
  2. BAntioch Township#397 of 76727,763
  3. BAvon Township#401 of 76763,208
  4. CBeach Park#606 of 76714,114
  5. C−Benton Townshipanother Benton Township is in Franklin County#643 of 76718,769
  6. A+Buffalo Grovealso in Cook County#31 of 76742,812
  7. ACuba Township#171 of 76717,247
  8. ADeer Park#62 of 7673,647
  9. A+Deerfield#51 of 76719,642
  10. A+Ela Township#34 of 76746,385
  11. C+Fox Lake#509 of 76710,849
  12. A−Fremont Township#173 of 76734,086
  13. B+Gages Lakeunincorporated, Lake County#310 of 76710,819
  14. B+Grandwood Parkunincorporated, Lake County#316 of 7675,262
  15. B−Grant Townshipanother Grant Township is in Vermilion County#479 of 76728,636
  16. A+Grayslake#52 of 76721,140
  17. A+Green Oaks#55 of 7674,082
  18. B−Gurnee#450 of 76730,458
  19. A−Hainesville#174 of 7673,501
  20. A+Hawthorn Woods#2 of 7679,679
  21. AHighland Park#57 of 76730,767
  22. B+Highwood#298 of 7675,323
  23. AKildeer#59 of 7674,683
  24. B+Lake Barrington#299 of 7675,130
  25. A+Lake Bluff#15 of 7675,563
  26. A+Lake Forest#12 of 76719,731
  27. ALake Villa#151 of 7678,692
  28. B+Lake Villa Township#334 of 76740,029
  29. ALake Zurich#106 of 76719,868
  30. B−Lakemooralso in McHenry County#470 of 7676,449
  31. A+Libertyville#7 of 76720,701
  32. A+Libertyville Township#40 of 76754,621
  33. ALincolnshire#66 of 7677,963
  34. ALindenhurst#143 of 76714,810
  35. A+Long Grove#44 of 7678,343
  36. C+Long Lakeunincorporated, Lake County#521 of 7673,307
  37. AMoraine Township#58 of 76734,725
  38. AMundelein#142 of 76732,680
  39. BNewport Township#443 of 7676,768
  40. ANorth Barrington#83 of 7673,125
  41. B+North Chicago#337 of 76734,050
  42. A−Park City#277 of 7677,893
  43. A+Riverwoods#8 of 7673,766
  44. BRound Lake#366 of 76718,526
  45. B−Round Lake Beach#505 of 76726,902
  46. B+Round Lake Heights#361 of 7672,580
  47. A−Round Lake Park#215 of 7677,844
  48. A−Shields Township#209 of 76741,282
  49. AVernon Hills#108 of 76726,825
  50. A+Vernon Township#36 of 76771,353
  51. A−Volo#276 of 7676,805
  52. B−Wadsworth#499 of 7673,488
  53. B+Warren Township#362 of 76765,343
  54. AWauconda#95 of 76713,993
  55. B+Wauconda Township#301 of 76723,521
  56. C−Waukegan#639 of 76787,940
  57. AWest Deerfield Township#85 of 76732,111
  58. C+Winthrop Harbor#553 of 7676,525
  59. DZion#698 of 76724,447

Lawrence County 2 graded

  1. DLawrence Township#687 of 7676,190
  2. DLawrenceville#683 of 7674,356

Lee County 3 graded

  1. CAmboy Township#584 of 7672,745
  2. C+Dixon#506 of 76714,582
  3. C+Palmyra Township#542 of 7672,860

Livingston County 4 graded

  1. C+Dwight#557 of 7674,005
  2. AFairbury#154 of 7673,597
  3. A−Indian Grove Township#187 of 7674,111
  4. CPontiac#598 of 76710,806

Logan County 4 graded

  1. B+Broadwell Township#351 of 7672,860
  2. BEast Lincoln Township#393 of 7677,589
  3. BLincoln#432 of 76712,981
  4. B+West Lincoln Township#338 of 7677,252

Macon County 9 graded

  1. D−Decatur#758 of 76767,884
  2. DDecatur Township#697 of 76745,203
  3. B+Forsyth#329 of 7673,613
  4. B−Hickory Point Township#500 of 76717,474
  5. BLong Creek Township#399 of 76710,139
  6. AMount Zion#99 of 7675,880
  7. A−Mount Zion Township#281 of 7677,018
  8. BSouth Wheatland Township#420 of 7673,859
  9. C−Whitmore Township#628 of 7674,127

Macoupin County 8 graded

  1. A−Brighton Township#216 of 7673,826
  2. BBunker Hill Township#383 of 7673,086
  3. C+Cahokia Township#546 of 7673,084
  4. C+Carlinville#558 of 7675,465
  5. C+Gillespie#508 of 7673,083
  6. C+Mount Olive Township#563 of 7673,019
  7. B+Staunton#323 of 7674,932
  8. BVirden#421 of 7673,149

Madison County 31 graded

  1. DAlton#734 of 76725,013
  2. A−Bethalto#195 of 7679,202
  3. CChouteau Township#577 of 7677,428
  4. B−Collinsville#477 of 76723,717
  5. BCollinsville Township#407 of 76735,276
  6. C+East Alton#535 of 7675,621
  7. AEdwardsville#105 of 76726,463
  8. A−Edwardsville Township#248 of 76740,258
  9. B+Fort Russell Township#306 of 7679,158
  10. DFoster Township#752 of 7673,871
  11. A−Glen Carbon#236 of 76713,898
  12. C+Godfrey#530 of 76717,620
  13. DGranite City#715 of 76726,807
  14. A−Hamel Township#211 of 7672,774
  15. AHelvetia Township#131 of 7678,312
  16. A+Highland#56 of 76710,042
  17. BHoliday Shoresunincorporated, Madison County#423 of 7672,782
  18. AJarvis Township#107 of 76716,209
  19. D−Madison#756 of 7673,063
  20. A−Maryville#253 of 7678,413
  21. BMoro Township#431 of 7673,492
  22. DNameoki Township#731 of 76711,971
  23. B+Pin Oak Township#302 of 7674,533
  24. D−Pontoon Beach#759 of 7675,887
  25. ARosewood Heightsunincorporated, Madison County#111 of 7674,229
  26. ASaline Township#139 of 7676,859
  27. ASt. Jacob Township#162 of 7672,880
  28. A+Troy#27 of 76711,893
  29. DVenice Township#750 of 7674,523
  30. B−Wood River#495 of 76710,224
  31. B+Wood River Township#355 of 76729,456

Marion County 3 graded

  1. D−Centralia#754 of 76711,863
  2. C+Salem#544 of 7677,035
  3. BSalem Township#417 of 7678,785

Mason County 2 graded

  1. C−Havana#651 of 7672,799
  2. C+Havana Township#516 of 7674,170

Massac County 1 graded

  1. C+Metropolis#555 of 7675,727

McDonough County 3 graded

  1. CBushnell#617 of 7672,600
  2. CMacomb#594 of 76714,530
  3. CMacomb City Township#581 of 76714,530

McHenry County 29 graded

  1. A−Algonquinalso in Kane County#186 of 76730,824
  2. A−Algonquin Township#238 of 76789,435
  3. A−Burton Township#207 of 7674,885
  4. ACary#79 of 76717,932
  5. C−Chemung Township#627 of 7679,102
  6. BCoral Township#390 of 7673,731
  7. A−Crystal Lake#232 of 76742,288
  8. ADorr Township#138 of 76721,614
  9. B−Dunham Township#491 of 7672,783
  10. AFox River Grove#73 of 7674,881
  11. A−Grafton Township#260 of 76758,301
  12. A−Greenwood Township#273 of 76715,270
  13. C+Harvard#533 of 7679,504
  14. A−Huntleyalso in Kane County#191 of 76729,132
  15. BIsland Lakealso in Lake County#385 of 7678,047
  16. BJohnsburg#377 of 7676,445
  17. A−Lake in the Hills#180 of 76728,590
  18. A+Lakewood#29 of 7674,293
  19. B−Marengo#503 of 7677,737
  20. B+McHenry#344 of 76729,217
  21. B−McHenry Township#452 of 76748,110
  22. BNunda Township#391 of 76739,031
  23. BPistakee Highlandsunincorporated, McHenry County#392 of 7673,374
  24. BRichmond Township#384 of 7676,781
  25. B+Riley Township#357 of 7673,017
  26. B−Seneca Township#501 of 7672,862
  27. ASpring Grove#172 of 7675,526
  28. A−Wonder Lake#237 of 7675,593
  29. AWoodstock#101 of 76725,740

McLean County 9 graded

  1. A−Bloomington#204 of 76778,804
  2. A−Bloomington City Township#188 of 76778,804
  3. B+Bloomington Township#331 of 7672,629
  4. AEmpire Township#126 of 7673,960
  5. AHeyworth#63 of 7672,869
  6. A+Le Roy#38 of 7673,465
  7. B+Normal#313 of 76753,275
  8. A−Old Town Township#251 of 7673,404
  9. ARandolph Township#130 of 7674,342

Mercer County 2 graded

  1. BAledo#435 of 7673,506
  2. B−Mercer Township#496 of 7673,841

Monroe County 2 graded

  1. AColumbia#70 of 76710,865
  2. A+Waterloo#53 of 76711,132

Montgomery County 5 graded

  1. B+Hillsboro#354 of 7676,184
  2. BLitchfield#408 of 7676,598
  3. BNokomis Township#414 of 7672,751
  4. A−North Litchfield Township#283 of 7674,824
  5. BSouth Litchfield Township#447 of 7673,222

Morgan County 2 graded

  1. C−Jacksonville#664 of 76717,752
  2. B−South Jacksonville#466 of 7673,195

Moultrie County 2 graded

  1. ASullivan#118 of 7674,310
  2. B+Sullivan Township#285 of 7676,229

Ogle County 12 graded

  1. B+Buffalo Township#312 of 7672,617
  2. A+Byron#39 of 7673,777
  3. A−Byron Township#224 of 7676,398
  4. B+Davis Junction#345 of 7672,566
  5. CFlagg Township#578 of 76713,335
  6. AMarion Township#161 of 7673,866
  7. BMount Morris#413 of 7672,787
  8. B−Mount Morris Township#453 of 7673,639
  9. B+Oregon#286 of 7673,573
  10. B+Oregon-Nashua Township#341 of 7674,748
  11. CRochelle#607 of 7679,498
  12. A−Scott Township#234 of 7673,350

Peoria County 13 graded

  1. C+Bartonville#537 of 7675,804
  2. A−Chillicothe#284 of 7676,033
  3. AChillicothe Township#123 of 7678,139
  4. B+Kickapoo Township#336 of 7678,209
  5. BLimestone Townshipanother Limestone Township is in Kankakee County#367 of 76718,035
  6. B−Logan Township#478 of 7673,205
  7. A−Medina Township#212 of 76713,863
  8. C−Peoria#681 of 767110,920
  9. CPeoria City Township#623 of 76795,876
  10. A−Peoria Heights#263 of 7675,767
  11. A+Radnor Township#33 of 7675,177
  12. A−Richwoods Township#246 of 7675,771
  13. C+West Peoria#554 of 7674,187

Perry County 2 graded

  1. C+Du Quoin#556 of 7675,569
  2. A−Pinckneyville#282 of 7674,903

Piatt County 2 graded

  1. B+Monticello#293 of 7676,080
  2. B+Sangamon Township#349 of 7672,533

Pike County 1 graded

  1. CPittsfield#614 of 7674,041

Putnam County 1 graded

  1. BGranville Township#373 of 7672,741

Randolph County 3 graded

  1. B+Chester#358 of 7676,847
  2. ARed Bud#113 of 7673,761
  3. DSparta#701 of 7674,022

Richland County 1 graded

  1. B−Olney#498 of 7678,347

Rock Island County 13 graded

  1. B−Blackhawk Township#494 of 7679,423
  2. B−Bowling Township#463 of 7673,366
  3. B+Coal Valley#296 of 7673,859
  4. C−East Moline#640 of 76720,453
  5. C−Hampton Township#647 of 76721,050
  6. CMilan#605 of 7675,028
  7. CMoline#612 of 76742,362
  8. B−Moline Township#490 of 76722,531
  9. DRock Island#719 of 76736,225
  10. C−Rock Island Township#671 of 76715,632
  11. DSilvis#696 of 7677,979
  12. C+South Moline Township#524 of 76736,062
  13. CSouth Rock Island Township#603 of 76718,056

Saline County 4 graded

  1. CEast Eldorado Township#588 of 7675,182
  2. CEldorado#616 of 7673,579
  3. C−Harrisburg#629 of 7677,922
  4. DHarrisburg Township#710 of 7679,656

Sangamon County 18 graded

  1. A−Auburn#229 of 7674,442
  2. B+Auburn Township#353 of 7675,805
  3. ABall Township#145 of 7677,588
  4. CCapital Township#580 of 767111,143
  5. AChatham#92 of 76714,579
  6. AChatham Township#167 of 7678,487
  7. BClear Lake Township#370 of 7678,248
  8. A−Fancy Creek Township#208 of 7675,806
  9. A−Gardner Township#274 of 7674,551
  10. B−Pawnee#486 of 7672,686
  11. B+Riverton#304 of 7673,471
  12. A−Rochester#196 of 7674,093
  13. B+Rochester Township#330 of 7675,700
  14. A+Sherman#32 of 7674,644
  15. DSpringfield#702 of 767112,989
  16. CSpringfield Township#609 of 7675,485
  17. AWilliams Township#64 of 7673,426
  18. BWoodside Township#372 of 76711,300

Schuyler County 1 graded

  1. B−Rushville#459 of 7672,857

Shelby County 1 graded

  1. A−Shelbyville#235 of 7674,537

St. Clair County 24 graded

  1. CBelleville#595 of 76740,237
  2. C−Canteen Township#637 of 7677,714
  3. C−Caseyville#645 of 7674,402
  4. B+Caseyville Township#342 of 76734,825
  5. DCentreville Township#721 of 76719,067
  6. CDupo#576 of 7673,766
  7. DEast St. Louis#695 of 76717,682
  8. CFairview Heights#568 of 76716,175
  9. AFreeburg#169 of 7674,507
  10. ALebanon#144 of 7674,884
  11. AMascoutah#116 of 7679,239
  12. A−Millstadt#218 of 7673,950
  13. B+Millstadt Township#363 of 7676,490
  14. A−O'Fallon#252 of 76732,656
  15. AO'Fallon Township#159 of 76726,976
  16. A−Prairie Du Long Township#267 of 7672,549
  17. A−Scott AFBunincorporated, St. Clair County#222 of 7673,957
  18. AShiloh#156 of 76714,604
  19. AShiloh Valley Township#170 of 76712,737
  20. A+Smithton#54 of 7673,868
  21. B−St. Clair Township#482 of 76735,372
  22. A−Stookey Township#226 of 7678,795
  23. A−Sugar Loaf Township#245 of 7676,601
  24. A−Swansea#266 of 76714,356

Stephenson County 3 graded

  1. DFreeport#708 of 76723,202
  2. ALena#96 of 7672,670
  3. AWest Point Township#125 of 7673,095

Tazewell County 12 graded

  1. C+Cincinnati Township#517 of 7678,825
  2. C+Creve Coeur#520 of 7674,816
  3. CEast Peoria#575 of 76722,088
  4. B+Elm Grove Township#311 of 7672,938
  5. B−Fondulac Township#457 of 76712,154
  6. BGroveland Township#416 of 76718,418
  7. AMackinaw Township#150 of 7674,231
  8. AMorton#141 of 76717,565
  9. CPekin#597 of 76731,277
  10. ATremont Township#114 of 7672,640
  11. AWashington#155 of 76715,902
  12. A+Washington Townshipanother Washington Township is in Will County#43 of 76724,235

Union County 1 graded

  1. C−Anna#677 of 7674,096

Vermilion County 11 graded

  1. CBlount Township#590 of 7673,322
  2. B−Catlin Township#483 of 7673,002
  3. D−Danville#766 of 76728,138
  4. CGeorgetown#571 of 7673,006
  5. C−Georgetown Township#673 of 7677,100
  6. CGrant Townshipanother Grant Township is in Lake County#587 of 7675,364
  7. C−Hoopeston#655 of 7674,676
  8. C−Newell Township#626 of 76713,326
  9. C−Oakwood Township#679 of 7673,048
  10. D−Tilton#760 of 7672,537
  11. DWestville#723 of 7673,029

Wabash County 1 graded

  1. C+Mount Carmel#536 of 7676,723

Warren County 1 graded

  1. BMonmouth#427 of 7678,599

Washington County 1 graded

  1. BNashville#376 of 7673,011

Wayne County 2 graded

  1. C−Fairfield#634 of 7674,794
  2. B−Grover Township#481 of 7673,515

White County 2 graded

  1. DCarmi#692 of 7674,623
  2. C−Carmi Township#669 of 7676,003

Whiteside County 7 graded

  1. C+Coloma Township#545 of 76710,277
  2. BFulton#441 of 7673,540
  3. B−Fulton Township#487 of 7674,233
  4. A−Morrison#178 of 7673,945
  5. A−Mount Pleasant Township#221 of 7674,638
  6. C−Rock Falls#659 of 7678,521
  7. C+Sterling#514 of 76714,394

Will County 42 graded

  1. A−Beecher#200 of 7674,740
  2. BBolingbrook#395 of 76774,803
  3. ABraidwood#129 of 7676,259
  4. B+Channahonalso in Grundy County#326 of 76714,530
  5. B+Channahon Township#333 of 76711,065
  6. BCrest Hill#424 of 76720,695
  7. C+Crete#515 of 7678,345
  8. C+Crete Township#538 of 76723,439
  9. BDu Page Township#388 of 76788,043
  10. C+Fairmontunincorporated, Will County#547 of 7672,617
  11. AFrankfort#65 of 76721,365
  12. A−Frankfort Squareunincorporated, Will County#255 of 7679,560
  13. AFrankfort Townshipanother Frankfort Township is in Franklin County#94 of 76760,704
  14. B+Green Garden Township#328 of 7673,851
  15. AHomer Glen#160 of 76724,873
  16. B+Homer Township#340 of 76741,948
  17. DIngalls Parkunincorporated, Will County#711 of 7673,015
  18. C+Jackson Townshipanother Jackson Township is in Effingham County#518 of 7673,890
  19. C−Joliet#667 of 767152,241
  20. DJoliet Township#722 of 76786,200
  21. ALockport#127 of 76727,822
  22. BLockport Township#412 of 76760,618
  23. A+Manhattan#21 of 76710,943
  24. AManhattan Township#124 of 76713,099
  25. AMokena#69 of 76719,897
  26. C+Monee#540 of 7675,119
  27. C−Monee Township#636 of 76715,375
  28. ANew Lenox#87 of 76728,893
  29. ANew Lenox Township#149 of 76745,290
  30. A−Peotone#181 of 7674,225
  31. A−Plainfield#183 of 76750,043
  32. BPlainfield Township#369 of 76785,115
  33. A−Reed Township#217 of 7676,988
  34. DRidgewoodunincorporated, Will County#748 of 7672,795
  35. BRomeoville#379 of 76741,281
  36. B+Shorewood#348 of 76718,536
  37. C−Stegeralso in Cook County#649 of 7679,352
  38. BTroy Township#398 of 76750,168
  39. DUniversity Park#705 of 7677,019
  40. BWashington Townshipanother Washington Township is in Tazewell County#386 of 7676,498
  41. AWheatland Township#119 of 76792,693
  42. BWilmington#371 of 7675,614

Williamson County 4 graded

  1. B−Carterville#455 of 7675,839
  2. C−Herrin#646 of 76712,268
  3. DJohnston City#694 of 7673,313
  4. DMarion#704 of 76717,148

Winnebago County 15 graded

  1. DCherry Valley#741 of 7672,887
  2. DCherry Valley Township#720 of 76719,268
  3. DHarlem Townshipanother Harlem Township is in Stephenson County#712 of 76739,287
  4. DLoves Park#742 of 76723,712
  5. DMachesney Park#737 of 76722,805
  6. D−Owen Township#762 of 7673,601
  7. BPecatonica Township#374 of 7674,115
  8. D−Rockford#767 of 767147,384
  9. ARockton#152 of 7677,870
  10. B+Rockton Township#320 of 76716,144
  11. B+Roscoe#314 of 76711,034
  12. B+Roscoe Township#315 of 76720,256
  13. BSouth Beloit#428 of 7677,996
  14. AWinnebago#165 of 7672,903
  15. BWinnebago Township#426 of 7674,965

Woodford County 8 graded

  1. A−El Paso#271 of 7672,723
  2. A−El Paso Township#244 of 7673,376
  3. A−Eureka#230 of 7675,129
  4. AGermantown Hills#135 of 7673,436
  5. A+Metamora#9 of 7673,857
  6. A−Olio Township#190 of 7674,627
  7. BSpring Bay Township#415 of 7672,529
  8. A−Worth Townshipanother Worth Township is in Cook County#214 of 7678,856
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