Schools · Joliet
Joliet, IL schools
Joliet’s public schools score well below Illinois’s averages: 12% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 78% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend one of 14 schools through grade 8, then one of 15 middle schools, one of 5 middle schools and Joliet Central High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Joliet’s School Grade: D
The public schools Joliet’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresDGraduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,382)Better than 7%
Towns in Will County (24)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 4,677 tested students and a graduating class of 1,624; 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 Joliet kids go to school
Grades 9–12
CJoliet Central High School
3,295 students · Joliet Joliet Township High School District 204Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Joliet Township High School District 204)20%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Joliet Public School District 86)12%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C)7.5%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 9–12, Joliet Township High School District 204)15%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Joliet Public School District 86)8%
State average 25.8%
Math (Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C)2.5%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
78% graduate on time
Graduation rate
78%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
1,624
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #573 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Joliet
Joliet Township High School District 204Grades 9–12 · 4 schools · 6,746 students
$20,589 per studentIL $21,567C-Joliet Public School District 86Grades PK–8 · 22 schools · 9,333 students
$22,381 per studentIL $21,567DLaraway Community Consolidated School District 70CGrades PK–8 · 1 school · 433 students
$36,981 per studentIL $21,567DEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 43 schools in Joliet
Showing 1–30 of 43 schools
Sator Sanchez Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 635 students
DPublicPershing Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 621 students
DPublicLynne Thigpen Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 620 students
DPublicFarragut Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 568 students
DPublicM J Cunningham Elem SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 484 students
D-PublicLaraway SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 433 students
DPublicTaft Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 424 students
C-PublicEdna Keith Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 402 students
C-PublicT E Culbertson Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 377 students
C-PublicCarl Sandburg ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 371 students
DPublicWoodland Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 368 students
DPublicIsaac Singleton Elem SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 304 students
D-PublicForest Park Individual Ed SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 263 students
CPublicRockdale Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 257 students
C+PublicA O Marshall Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 246 students
D-PublicEisenhower AcademyElementary · Grades 1–5 · 209 students
APublicUnion Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 143 students
APublicThompson Instructional CenterElementary · Grades K–8
PublicHufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,072 students
CPublicWashington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 724 students
B-PublicDirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 653 students
C-PublicGompers Junior High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 615 students
DPublicJoliet West High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,451 students
B-PublicJoliet Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,295 students
CPublicLincoln School ALOPHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicLincoln School RSSPHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicLincoln School TAOEPHigh · Grades 6–12
PublicPathways AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicROE 56 ALOP Success ProgramHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicMarycrest Early Childhood CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 142 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.