Prospect Heights’s public schools outscore 68% of Illinois districts
In Prospect Heights, 35% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Prospect Heights, 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.
Prospect Heights’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 1364 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Prospect Heights’s, its schools beat 73%, higher than their 68% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 31% and math 35% 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 Prospect Heights School District 23 $21,494, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Ten elementary schools, then four 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 Prospect Heights’s grade
B+: better than 68% of Illinois school districts, #294 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 Prospect Heights, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Prospect Heights (11%, 4% and 4% of its land) are served by River Trails School District 26, Northfield Township High School District 225 and West Northfield School District 31 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Prospect Heights
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Close to the state in reading
Prospect Heights vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Prospect Heights’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Arlington Heights | A | Arlington Heights School District 25 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Wheeling | B+ | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Mount Prospect | B+ | Mount Prospect School District 57 PK–8 · Community Consolidated School District 59 PK–8 · River Trails School District 26 PK–8 |
| Glenview | A | Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 PK–8 · Northfield Township High School District 225 9–12 |
3 of the 4 neighbors share Township High School District 214 with Prospect Heights for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Prospect Heights
20 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 Prospect Heights’s schools
Are Prospect Heights’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Prospect Heights children attend outscore 68% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #294 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 73%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Prospect Heights in?
Township High School District 214, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 11,911 students in 6 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Prospect Heights are served by River Trails School District 26, Northfield Township High School District 225 and West Northfield School District 31.
Where do Prospect Heights 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 Prospect Heights’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 Prospect Heights spend per student?
$27,472 in Township High School District 214, $21,494 in Prospect Heights School District 23 and $23,618 in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Prospect Heights 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.