Schools · Downers Grove
Downers Grove, IL schools
Downers Grove’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.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
Downers Grove’s School Grade: A
The public schools Downers Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% 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 92%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (744)Better than 96%
High confidence. Built on 2,517 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 9–12, Community High School District 99)46%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Downers Grove Grade School District 58)5%
State average 30.7% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Reading (Lemont Township High School District 210)47%
State average 30.7%
Math (Hinsdale Township High School District 86)62%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 9–12, Community High School District 99)46%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Downers Grove Grade School District 58)5%
State average 25.8% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Math (Lemont Township High School District 210)46%
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
Four districts serve Downers Grove
Hinsdale Township High School District 86Grades 9–12 · 3 schools · 3,815 students
$33,501 per studentIL $21,567ACommunity High School District 99Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 4,673 students
$28,322 per studentIL $21,567ADowners Grove Grade School District 58Grades PK–8 · 13 schools · 4,811 students
$21,709 per studentIL $21,567Lemont Township High School District 210Grades 9–12 · 1 school · 1,284 students
$24,736 per studentIL $21,567AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 58 schools in Downers Grove
Showing 1–30 of 58 schools
Gower West Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 531 students
A+PublicLester Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 531 students
D-PublicHolmes Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 519 students
PublicConcord Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 460 students
D-PublicMaercker Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 456 students
A-PublicMark DeLay SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 453 students
D-PublicOak Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 446 students
A+PublicElizabeth Ide Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 410 students
PublicJ T Manning Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 2–5 · 386 students
B+PublicHillcrest Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 382 students
D-PublicPrairieview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 380 students
APublicLace Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 377 students
B+PublicMadison Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 367 students
A+PublicKingsley Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 359 students
D-PublicHighland Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 352 students
D-PublicThe Lane Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 345 students
A+PublicFairmount Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 342 students
D-PublicPierce Downer Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 337 students
D-PublicIndian Trail Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 325 students
D-PublicMonroe Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 325 students
A+PublicWhittier Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 307 students
PublicProspect Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 302 students
A+PublicEl Sierra Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 300 students
D-PublicWalker SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 299 students
A+PublicElm Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 287 students
A+PublicAnne M Jeans Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 277 students
C+PublicBelle Aire Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 276 students
D-PublicC E Miller Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–1 · 194 students
PublicHinsdale Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 755 students
A+PublicHerrick Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 626 students
BPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.