Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0Highland Park’s public schools outscore 92% of Illinois districts
On the state math tests, 49% of Highland Park’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Highland Park, 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.
Highland Park’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 186 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Highland Park’s, its schools beat 84%, lower than their 92% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 50% and math 49% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Township High School District 113 spends $38,822 per student and North Shore School District 112 $25,691, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
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 Highland Park’s grade
A: better than 92% of Illinois school districts, #48 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 Highland Park, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Highland Park
Oak Terrace Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 494 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Highwood
6th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Edgewood Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 663 students · 11:1 students per teacher
Northwood Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 540 students · 11:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Edgewood Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 663 students · 11:1 students per teacher
Northwood Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 540 students · 11:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Edgewood Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 663 students · 11:1 students per teacher
Northwood Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 540 students · 11:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
10th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
11th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
12th grade in Highland Park · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
Highland Park runs its own schools through grade 8 (North Shore School District 112). From grade 9, students attend the Township High School District 113, shared with Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highwood, Moraine, Riverwoods and West Deerfield. Its elementary school is in Highwood. Parts of Highland Park (3% of its land) are served by Deerfield School District 109 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Highland Park
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
Highland Park vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Highland Park’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | A | North Shore School District 112 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
| Moraine | A | North Shore School District 112 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
| Highwood | A | North Shore School District 112 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
| Lake Forest | A | Lake Forest School District 67 PK–8 · Lake Forest Community High School District 115 9–12 |
| Deerfield | A+ | Deerfield School District 109 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
| New Trier | A+ | Wilmette School District 39 PK–8 · Glencoe School District 35 PK–8 · Winnetka School District 36 K–8 |
| Glencoe | A+ | Glencoe School District 35 PK–8 · New Trier Township High School District 203 9–12 |
| Bannockburn | A+ | Bannockburn School District 106 K–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
4 of the 7 neighbors share Township High School District 113 with Highland Park for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Highland Park
11 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 Highland Park’s schools
Are Highland Park’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Highland Park children attend outscore 92% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #48 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 84%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Highland Park in?
Two districts: North Shore School District 112 runs grades PK–8, and Township High School District 113 runs grades 9–12, shared with Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highwood, Moraine, Riverwoods and West Deerfield.
Where do Highland Park kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Highland Park High School and Deerfield High School.
What is Highland Park’s graduation rate?
95% of the class of 2023 in Township High School District 113 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Highland Park spend per student?
$38,822 in Township High School District 113 and $25,691 in North Shore School District 112 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Highland Park families are saying about school.
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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.