Schools · New Trier
New Trier, IL schools
New Trier’s public schools score well above Illinois’s averages: 58% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 98% 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+
New Trier’s School Grade: A+
The public schools New Trier’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 98% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scoresA+Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 98%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (57)Better than 89%
Towns in Cook County (28)Better than 96%
High confidence. Built on 5,233 tested students and a graduating class of 953; 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 (grades 10–12, New Trier Township High School District 203)80%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Wilmette School District 39)58%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Glencoe School District 35)64%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Winnetka School District 36)62%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Avoca School District 37)61%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 10–12, New Trier Township High School District 203)76%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Wilmette School District 39)59%
State average 25.8%
Math (Glencoe School District 35)68%
State average 25.8%
Math (Winnetka School District 36)68%
State average 25.8%
Math (Avoca School District 37)61%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
98% graduate on time
Graduation rate
98%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
953
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
Five districts serve New Trier
New Trier Township High School District 203Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 3,656 students
$38,898 per studentIL $21,567A+Wilmette School District 39Grades PK–8 · 6 schools · 3,288 students
$25,998 per studentIL $21,567A+Glencoe School District 35Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 1,226 students
$31,024 per studentIL $21,567A+Winnetka School District 36Grades K–8 · 5 schools · 1,803 students
$31,326 per studentIL $21,567A+Avoca School District 37Grades K–8 · 2 schools · 566 students
$35,150 per studentIL $21,567A+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 28 schools in New Trier
Showing 1–28 of 28 schools
Central Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 485 students
A+PublicThe Joseph Sears SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 471 students
A+PublicRomona Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 462 students
A+PublicMcKenzie Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 461 students
APublicSouth Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 413 students
PublicHarper Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 366 students
A+PublicCrow Island Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 360 students
A+PublicGreeley Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 355 students
A+PublicHubbard Woods Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 350 students
A+PublicAvoca West Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 313 students
A+PublicWest SchoolElementary · Grades 3–4 · 252 students
A+PublicSt. Francis Xavier SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 720 students
PrivateThe School of Saints Faith, Hope & CharityElementary · Grades PK–8 · 283 students
PrivateBaker Demonstration SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 187 students
PrivateSacred Heart SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 156 students
PrivateRonald Knox Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 89 students
PrivateGan MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–K · 12 students
PrivateWilmette Junior High SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 766 students
A+PublicHighcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 748 students
A+PublicCentral SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 561 students
A+PublicCarleton W Washburne SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 376 students
A+PublicThe Skokie SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 362 students
A+PublicMarie Murphy SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 253 students
A+PublicNew Trier Township H S NorthfieldSecondary · Grades 9 · 886 students
PublicNew Trier Township H S WinnetkaHigh · Grades 10–12 · 2,770 students
A+PublicLoyola AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,947 students
PrivateRegina Dominican HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 200 students
PrivateNorth Shore Country Day SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 528 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.