Photo: Indy beetle · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Prospect’s public schools outscore 69% of Illinois districts
On the state math tests, 33% of Mount Prospect’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the four public school districts serving Mount Prospect, 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.
Mount Prospect’s schools, in brief
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 34% and math 33% 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
Township High School District 214 spends $27,472 per student and Mount Prospect School District 57 $18,803, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
13 elementary schools, then five middle and six 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 Mount Prospect’s grade
B+: better than 69% of Illinois school districts, #287 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 Mount Prospect, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Mount Prospect (4%, 4% and 3% of its land) are served by Arlington Heights School District 25, Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 and Prospect Heights School District 23 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Four districts serve Mount Prospect
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Mount Prospect vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Mount Prospect’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Prospect | B+ | Mount Prospect School District 57 PK–8 · Community Consolidated School District 59 PK–8 · River Trails School District 26 PK–8 |
| Arlington Heights | A | Arlington Heights School District 25 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Des Plaines | A− | Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 PK–8 · Maine Township High School District 207 9–12 |
| Prospect Heights | B+ | Prospect Heights School District 23 PK–8 · Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
2 of the 3 neighbors share Township High School District 214 with Mount Prospect for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Mount Prospect
24 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 Mount Prospect’s schools
Are Mount Prospect’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Mount Prospect children attend outscore 69% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #287 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 66%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Mount Prospect in?
Township High School District 214, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 11,911 students in 6 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Mount Prospect are served by Arlington Heights School District 25, Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 and Prospect Heights School District 23.
Where do Mount Prospect kids go to high school?
One of 6 high schools, depending on your address: 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 Mount Prospect’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 Mount Prospect spend per student?
$27,472 in Township High School District 214, $18,803 in Mount Prospect School District 57, $25,082 in Community Consolidated School District 59 and $22,162 in River Trails School District 26 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Mount Prospect families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Mount Prospect → They have their own page.
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.