Photo: jdkscoop · CC BY-SA 3.0Hodgkins’s public schools outscore 88% of Illinois districts
In Hodgkins, 45% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Hodgkins, 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.
Hodgkins’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 1352 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Hodgkins’s, its schools beat 99%, higher than their 88% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Hodgkins runs its own schools through grade 8, then shares
Wm F Gurrie Middle School (7–8) is Hodgkins’s own. From grade 9, students attend the Lyons Township High School District 204 with Brookfield, Burr Ridge, Countryside, Indian Head Park, La Grange Park, La Grange, Lyons, McCook, Western Springs and Willow Springs: Lyons Twp High Sch in La Grange. The high school’s own results earn an A, the highest on the path. See the path ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 45% and math 45% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Lyons Township High School District 204 spends $27,424 per student and LaGrange School District 105 $27,348, 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 Hodgkins’s grade
A: better than 88% of Illinois school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Hodgkins, with each school’s own grade.
7th grade in Hodgkins
Wm F Gurrie Middle School
Grades 7–8 · 278 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
8th grade in Hodgkins
Wm F Gurrie Middle School
Grades 7–8 · 278 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
9th grade in Hodgkins
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
10th grade in Hodgkins
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
Hodgkins runs its own schools through grade 8 (LaGrange School District 105). From grade 9, students attend the Lyons Township High School District 204, shared with Brookfield, Burr Ridge, Countryside, Indian Head Park, La Grange Park, La Grange, Lyons, McCook, Western Springs and Willow Springs. Its school is in La Grange. Parts of Hodgkins (15% of its land) are served by Pleasantdale School District 107 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Hodgkins
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
Hodgkins vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Hodgkins’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Hodgkins | A | LaGrange School District 105 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Countryside | A | LaGrange School District 105 PK–8 · Pleasantdale School District 107 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Willow Springs | A | Willow Springs School District 108 PK–8 · Pleasantdale School District 107 PK–8 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
| Bedford Park | — | Burbank School District 111 PK–8 · Summit School District 104 PK–8 · Reavis Township High School District 220 9–12 |
| McCook | — | Lyons School District 103 PK–8 · LaGrange School District 105 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Justice | B− | Indian Springs School District 109 PK–8 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Lyons Township High School District 204 with Hodgkins for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Hodgkins
6 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 Hodgkins’s schools
Are Hodgkins’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Hodgkins children attend outscore 88% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 99%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Hodgkins in?
Two districts: LaGrange School District 105 runs grades PK–8, and Lyons Township High School District 204 runs grades 9–12, shared with Brookfield, Burr Ridge, Countryside, Indian Head Park, La Grange Park, La Grange, Lyons, McCook, Western Springs and Willow Springs.
Where do Hodgkins kids go to high school?
Lyons Twp High Sch in La Grange, with 3,706 students; its own test results earn an A.
What is Hodgkins’s graduation rate?
96% of the class of 2023 in Lyons Township High School District 204 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Hodgkins spend per student?
$27,424 in Lyons Township High School District 204 and $27,348 in LaGrange School District 105 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Hodgkins 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.