Port Barrington’s public schools outscore 81% of Illinois districts
On the state reading tests, 44% of Port Barrington’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Port Barrington, 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.
Port Barrington’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 299 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Port Barrington’s, its schools beat 67%, lower than their 81% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 44% and math 38% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 spends $21,475 per student and Barrington Community Unit School District 220 $26,068, 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 Port Barrington’s grade
A−: better than 81% 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 Port Barrington, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Port Barrington · depends on your address
Cotton Creek School
Grades PK–5 · 580 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Island Lake
Wauconda Grade School
Grades PK–5 · 421 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Wauconda
Barrington Early Learning Center
Grades PK · 194 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Barrington
9th grade in Port Barrington · depends on your address
Barrington High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,718 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Barrington
Wauconda High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,452 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Wauconda
10th grade in Port Barrington · depends on your address
Barrington High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,718 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Barrington
Wauconda High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,452 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Wauconda
11th grade in Port Barrington · depends on your address
Barrington High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,718 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Barrington
Wauconda High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,452 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Wauconda
12th grade in Port Barrington · depends on your address
Barrington High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,718 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Barrington
Wauconda High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,452 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Wauconda
Port Barrington runs its own schools through grade 12 (Wauconda Community Unit School District 118). From grade PK, students attend the Barrington Community Unit School District 220, shared with Barrington Hills, Barrington, Barrington, Cuba, Deer Park, Inverness, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, South Barrington and Tower Lakes. Its elementary school is in Wauconda. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Port Barrington
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
Port Barrington vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Port Barrington’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Port Barrington | A− | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 PK–12 · Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 |
| Lake Barrington | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 |
| Cuba | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Community High School District 155 9–12 |
| Algonquin | B+ | Community Unit School District 300 PK–12 · Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 PK–8 · Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 PK–8 |
| Wauconda | B | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 PK–12 · Grant Community High School District 124 9–12 · Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 9–12 |
| Nunda | B | McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 PK–8 · Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 PK–8 · Prairie Grove Community School District 46 PK–8 |
| Island Lake | B | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 PK–12 · McHenry Community High School District 156 9–12 |
2 of the 6 neighbors share Barrington Community Unit School District 220 with Port Barrington for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Port Barrington
17 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 Port Barrington’s schools
Are Port Barrington’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Port Barrington children attend outscore 81% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 67%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Port Barrington in?
Two districts: Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 runs grades PK–12, and Barrington Community Unit School District 220 runs grades PK–12, shared with Barrington Hills, Barrington, Barrington, Cuba, Deer Park, Inverness, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, South Barrington and Tower Lakes.
Where do Port Barrington kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Barrington High School and Wauconda High School.
What is Port Barrington’s graduation rate?
94% of the class of 2023 in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Port Barrington spend per student?
$21,475 in Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 and $26,068 in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Port Barrington 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.