Schools · Darien
Darien, IL schools
Darien’s public schools score well above Illinois’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
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Darien’s School Grade: A
The public schools Darien’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 88% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresB+Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 88%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (862)Better than 93%
High confidence. Built on 3,469 tested students and a graduating class of 1,217; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Hinsdale Township High School District 86)64%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades 6–8, Darien School District 61)32%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades 9–12, Community High School District 99)46%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–5, Cass School District 63)52%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Center Cass School District 66)48%
State average 30.7%
Math (Hinsdale Township High School District 86)62%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 6–8, Darien School District 61)32%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 9–12, Community High School District 99)46%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–5, Cass School District 63)37%
State average 25.8%
Math (Center Cass School District 66)38%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
1,217
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Five districts serve Darien
Hinsdale Township High School District 86Grades 9–12 · 3 schools · 3,815 students
$33,501 per studentIL $21,567ADarien School District 61Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,237 students
$20,056 per studentIL $21,567B+Community High School District 99Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 4,673 students
$28,322 per studentIL $21,567ACass School District 63Grades PK–8 · 2 schools · 773 students
$19,128 per studentIL $21,567ACenter Cass School District 66Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,130 students
$17,920 per studentIL $21,567AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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