Photo: User:Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Homer Glen’s public schools outscore 79% of Illinois districts
37% of students in Homer Glen’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Homer Glen, 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.
Homer Glen’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 463 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Homer Glen’s, its schools beat 71%, lower than their 79% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 40% and math 37% 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
Lockport Township High School District 205 spends $20,557 per student and Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C $18,261, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Three elementary schools, then three elementary, two middle and one high school
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 Homer Glen’s grade
A−: better than 79% of Illinois school districts, #165 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 Homer Glen, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Homer Glen · depends on your address
William E Young School
Grades PK–1 · 452 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Goodings Grove School
Grades PK–1 · 409 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Walsh Elem School
Grades PK–1 · 363 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
Kindergarten in Homer Glen · depends on your address
William E Young School
Grades PK–1 · 452 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Goodings Grove School
Grades PK–1 · 409 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Walsh Elem School
Grades PK–1 · 363 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
1st grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
William E Young School
Grades PK–1 · 452 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Goodings Grove School
Grades PK–1 · 409 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Walsh Elem School
Grades PK–1 · 363 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
2nd grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Luther J Schilling School
Grades 2–4 · 587 students · 14:1 students per teacher
William J Butler School
Grades 2–4 · 557 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
Reed Elem School
Grades 2–3 · 291 students · 11:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Luther J Schilling School
Grades 2–4 · 587 students · 14:1 students per teacher
William J Butler School
Grades 2–4 · 557 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
Reed Elem School
Grades 2–3 · 291 students · 11:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Luther J Schilling School
Grades 2–4 · 587 students · 14:1 students per teacher
William J Butler School
Grades 2–4 · 557 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
Ludwig Elem School
Grades 4–5 · 321 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
5th grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Hadley Middle School
Grades 5–6 · 834 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Ludwig Elem School
Grades 4–5 · 321 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
6th grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Hadley Middle School
Grades 5–6 · 834 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Oak Prairie Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 460 students · 11:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Homer Jr High School
Grades 7–8 · 865 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Oak Prairie Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 460 students · 11:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Homer Glen · depends on your address
Homer Jr High School
Grades 7–8 · 865 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Oak Prairie Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 460 students · 11:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Homer Glen
Lockport Township High Sch East
Grades 9–12 · 3,678 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
10th grade in Homer Glen
Lockport Township High Sch East
Grades 9–12 · 3,678 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Lockport
To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Homer Glen
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
Homer Glen vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Homer Glen’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Homer Glen | A− | Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C PK–8 · Will County School District 92 PK–8 · Lockport Township High School District 205 9–12 |
| Homer | A− | Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C PK–8 · Will County School District 92 PK–8 · Lockport Township High School District 205 9–12 |
| Lockport | A− | Will County School District 92 PK–8 · Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C PK–8 · Lockport Township High School District 205 9–12 |
| Orland | A− | Orland School District 135 PK–8 · Kirby School District 140 PK–8 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Orland Park | A− | Orland School District 135 PK–8 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Lemont | A− | Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A PK–8 · Lemont Township High School District 210 9–12 |
2 of the 5 neighbors share Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C with Homer Glen for grades PK–8, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Homer Glen
9 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 Homer Glen’s schools
Are Homer Glen’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Homer Glen children attend outscore 79% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #165 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 71%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Homer Glen in?
Lockport Township High School District 205, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 3,678 students in 1 schools (2024–25).
Where do Homer Glen kids go to high school?
Lockport Township High Sch East in Lockport, with 3,678 students; its own test results earn an A−.
What is Homer Glen’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Lockport Township High School District 205 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Homer Glen spend per student?
$20,557 in Lockport Township High School District 205, $18,261 in Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C and $26,413 in Will County School District 92 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Homer Glen 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.