Photo: Teemu08 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Western Springs’s public schools outscore 96% of Illinois districts
59% of students in Western Springs’s public schools are proficient in reading, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Western Springs, 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 2022, 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. Lyons Township High School District 204 and LaGrange Highlands School District 106 has no newer results, so its figures are from 2020–21.
Western Springs’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 48 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Western Springs’s, its schools beat 77%, lower than their 96% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 59% and math 49% across its districts in spring 2022, against 30% and 26% statewide; 96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Lyons Township High School District 204 spends $27,424 per student and Western Springs School District 101 $18,466, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Four elementary schools, then two middle and one high school
Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is down 8% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Western Springs’s grade
A+: better than 96% of Illinois school districts, #18 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 Western Springs, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Western Springs · depends on your address
Highlands Elem School
Grades PK–4 · 565 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in La Grange Highlands
Forest Hills Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 289 students · 12:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Western Springs · depends on your address
McClure Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 469 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Highlands Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 429 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in La Grange Highlands
7th grade in Western Springs · depends on your address
McClure Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 469 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Highlands Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 429 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in La Grange Highlands
8th grade in Western Springs · depends on your address
McClure Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 469 students · 12:1 students per teacher
Highlands Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 429 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in La Grange Highlands
9th grade in Western Springs
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
10th grade in Western Springs
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
11th grade in Western Springs
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
12th grade in Western Springs
Lyons Twp High Sch
Grades 9–12 · 3,706 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in La Grange
To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Western Springs
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
Western Springs vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Western Springs’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Western Springs | A+ | Western Springs School District 101 PK–8 · LaGrange Highlands School District 106 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Hinsdale | A+ | Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 PK–8 · Hinsdale Township High School District 86 9–12 |
| Indian Head Park | A | LaGrange Highlands School District 106 PK–8 · Pleasantdale School District 107 PK–8 · Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 |
| Proviso | C | Proviso Township High School District 209 |
| Lyons | A− | Lyons Township High School District 204 9–12 · Argo Community High School District 217 9–12 |
2 of the 4 neighbors share Lyons Township High School District 204 with Western Springs for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Western Springs
7 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 Western Springs’s schools
Are Western Springs’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Western Springs children attend outscore 96% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A+ Schools grade, #18 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 77%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Western Springs in?
Lyons Township High School District 204, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 3,706 students in 1 schools (2024–25).
Where do Western Springs kids go to high school?
Lyons Twp High Sch in La Grange, with 3,706 students; its own test results earn an A.
What is Western Springs’s graduation rate?
96% of the class of 2023 in Lyons Township High School District 204 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Western Springs spend per student?
$27,424 in Lyons Township High School District 204, $18,466 in Western Springs School District 101 and $20,829 in LaGrange Highlands School District 106 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Western Springs families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Western Springs → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, 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.