![]() News and World Report's Best High Schools list, coming in at 1,750th nationally and 75th in Illinois. Last school year, Lincoln-Way East was the only Southland school recognized on U.S. “Across the board, I think our numbers are very, very good,” said Tim Reilly, Lincoln-Way's assistant superintendent of curriculum, who thinks the school district will again be recognized on national achievement lists. The ACT marks represented a year-over-year improvement for both districts, each of which registered their highest average ACT scores in district history. A perfect score is 36.īoth districts also led the way in “freshmen on track” - the percentage of first-time ninth-grade students who have earned at least five course credits without failing more than 0.5 course credits in their core subjects - and were among the Southland leaders in Advanced Placement exam pass rates. The national average on the test is 21, and the Illinois average this past year was 20.6, according to state data. Lincoln-Way and Lemont also were the only high school districts in the south and southwest suburbs with average combined ACT scores above 22, coming in at 23.1 and 23.3, respectively. On an individual school basis, Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort (37th), Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox (41st) and Lemont High School (47th) all ranked among the top 50 high schools in the state for college readiness. No other Southland high school district had more than 58.5 percent of graduates who were prepared for college by that measure. ![]() Nearly 70 percent of graduates in both 210 districts earned a combined score of at least 21 on the ACT, which the report uses to assess readiness for college coursework. The Illinois Report Card, released Monday, tracks annual school and district performance on a variety of metrics including graduation rate, college readiness, and for the first time this year, Advanced Placement exam pass rates, to provide a snapshot of public education across the state. Lincoln-Way High School District 210 in Will County and Lemont Township High School District 210 in Cook County notched the highest marks on various measures of academic achievement in the south and southwest suburbs, according to data compiled by the Illinois State Board of Education. ![]() When it comes to Southland high school districts, 210 is on top. ![]()
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