Photo: Crosbiesmith · CC BY-SA 4.0Palos Hills’s public schools outscore 92% of Illinois districts
On the state reading tests, 54% of Palos Hills’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Palos Hills, 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.
Palos Hills’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 1394 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Palos Hills’s, its schools beat 99%, higher than their 92% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 54% and math 41% 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
Consolidated High School District 230 spends $25,716 per student and North Palos School District 117 $18,641, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Four elementary schools, then two middle and three 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 Palos Hills’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 Palos Hills, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Palos Hills · depends on your address
Palos West Elementary School
Grades PK–5 · 700 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Palos Park
Dr Kenneth M Sorrick School
Grades PK–1 · 449 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Dorn Elementary School
Grades PK–1 · 431 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Hickory Hills
6th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
H H Conrady Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 1,047 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Hickory Hills
Palos South Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 717 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Park
7th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
H H Conrady Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 1,047 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Hickory Hills
Palos South Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 717 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Park
8th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
H H Conrady Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 1,047 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Hickory Hills
Palos South Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 717 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Palos Park
9th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
Carl Sandburg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,840 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Orland Park
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,560 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Victor J Andrew High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,213 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Orland Hills
10th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
Carl Sandburg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,840 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Orland Park
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,560 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Victor J Andrew High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,213 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Orland Hills
11th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
Carl Sandburg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,840 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Orland Park
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,560 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Victor J Andrew High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,213 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Orland Hills
12th grade in Palos Hills · depends on your address
Carl Sandburg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,840 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Orland Park
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,560 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Victor J Andrew High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,213 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Orland Hills
To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Palos Hills
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
Palos Hills vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Palos Hills’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Palos Hills | A | North Palos School District 117 PK–8 · Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 PK–8 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Hickory Hills | A | North Palos School District 117 PK–8 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Bridgeview | A− | Indian Springs School District 109 PK–8 · North Palos School District 117 PK–8 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
| Palos Park | A | Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 PK–8 · Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A PK–8 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Worth | B | Worth School District 127 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 · Consolidated High School District 230 9–12 |
| Palos Heights | A− | Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 PK–8 · Palos Heights School District 128 PK–8 · Community High School District 218 9–12 |
All 5 neighbors share Consolidated High School District 230 with Palos Hills for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Palos Hills
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 Palos Hills’s schools
Are Palos Hills’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Palos Hills 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 99%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Palos Hills in?
Consolidated High School District 230, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 7,613 students in 3 schools (2024–25).
Where do Palos Hills kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Carl Sandburg High School, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and Victor J Andrew High School.
What is Palos Hills’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Consolidated High School District 230 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Palos Hills spend per student?
$25,716 in Consolidated High School District 230, $18,641 in North Palos School District 117 and $18,629 in Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
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What Palos Hills 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.