Photo: YourJudge · CC BY-SA 4.0Buffalo Grove’s public schools outscore 85% of Illinois districts
In Buffalo Grove, 45% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the five public school districts serving Buffalo Grove, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Buffalo Grove’s schools, in brief
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 45% and math 45% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 spends $31,024 per student and Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated $22,681, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
12 elementary schools, then six middle and seven high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Buffalo Grove’s grade
A: better than 85% of Illinois school districts, #120 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Buffalo Grove, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Buffalo Grove (6% of its land) are served by Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Five districts serve Buffalo Grove
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Buffalo Grove vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Buffalo Grove’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Grove | A | Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 PK–8 · Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 PK–8 · Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated K–8 |
| Wheeling | B+ | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Long Grove | A+ | Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 PK–8 · Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 9–12 |
| Lincolnshire | A+ | Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 PK–8 · Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 9–12 |
| Arlington Heights | A | Arlington Heights School District 25 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Vernon Hills | A+ | Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 PK–8 · Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 PK–8 · Libertyville Community High School District 128 9–12 |
| Riverwoods | A+ | Deerfield School District 109 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
3 of the 6 neighbors share Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 with Buffalo Grove for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Buffalo Grove
25 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Buffalo Grove’s schools
Are Buffalo Grove’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Buffalo Grove children attend outscore 85% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #120 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 82%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Buffalo Grove in?
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 4,758 students in 1 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Buffalo Grove are served by Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103.
Where do Buffalo Grove kids go to high school?
One of 7 high schools, depending on your address: Adlai E Stevenson High School, Prospect High School, John Hersey High School, Buffalo Grove High School, Rolling Meadows High School, Elk Grove High School and Wheeling High School.
What is Buffalo Grove’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Township High School District 214 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Buffalo Grove spend per student?
$31,024 in Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, $22,681 in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District, $23,854 in Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96, $27,472 in Township High School District 214 and $23,618 in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.