Schools · Evanston
Evanston, IL schools
Evanston’s public schools score above Illinois’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend one of 10 schools through grade 8, then one of 4 middle schools and Evanston Twp High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Evanston’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Evanston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresB-Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 80%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,162)Better than 88%
High confidence. Built on 3,084 tested students and a graduating class of 845; 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.
School path
Where Evanston kids go to school
Grades K–8
10 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65Grades 8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65Grades 9–12
AEvanston Twp High School
3,560 students · Evanston Evanston Township High School District 202Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–8, Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65)34%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades 9–12, Evanston Township High School District 202)52%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades K–8, Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65)37%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 9–12, Evanston Township High School District 202)47%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
92% graduate on time
Graduation rate
92%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
845
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #230 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Evanston
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65Grades PK–8 · 17 schools · 6,136 students
$31,256 per studentIL $21,567A-Evanston Township High School District 202Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 3,560 students
$31,637 per studentIL $21,567AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 26 schools in Evanston
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Dr ML King Jr Literary&Fine ArtsElementary · Grades K–8 · 421 students
B+PublicWashington Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 410 students
B+PublicOakton Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 379 students
C+PublicWillard Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 355 students
B+PublicLincoln Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 343 students
A-PublicKingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 334 students
APublicDewey Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 321 students
APublicDawes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 298 students
C+PublicLincolnwood Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 288 students
APublicOrrington Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 225 students
A+PublicHaven Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 660 students
B+PublicNichols Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 628 students
A-PublicChute Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 598 students
B+PublicRice Childrens CenterMiddle · Grades 1–8
PublicEvanston Twp High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,560 students
APublicETHS Day SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicJoseph E Hill Education CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 258 students
PublicPark SchoolGrades M
PublicBEACON ACADEMY
PrivateCHIARAVALLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateFUSION ACADEMY EV: EVANSTON
PrivateGUIDEPOST MONTESSORI AT EVANSTON
PrivateKINGSWAY PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PrivateROYCEMORE SCHOOL
PrivateST ATHANASIUS SCHOOL
PrivateTHE BARBEREUX SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.