Schools · Palos
Palos, IL schools
Palos’s public schools score well above Illinois’s averages: 59% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 93% 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
Palos’s School Grade: A
The public schools Palos’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% 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 90%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,349)Better than 99%
Towns in Cook County (28)Better than 82%
High confidence. Built on 5,299 tested students and a graduating class of 1,960; 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 9–12, Consolidated High School District 230)39%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–5, Palos Community Consolidated School District 118)57%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades 5–8, North Palos School District 117)59%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Willow Springs School District 108)22%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 9–12, Consolidated High School District 230)35%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–5, Palos Community Consolidated School District 118)46%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades 5–8, North Palos School District 117)44%
State average 25.8%
Math (Willow Springs School District 108)17%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
93% graduate on time
Graduation rate
93%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
1,960
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #195 of 635 IL towns →
Districts
Four districts serve Palos
Consolidated High School District 230Grades 9–12 · 3 schools · 7,613 students
$25,716 per studentIL $21,567A-Palos Community Consolidated School District 118Grades PK–8 · 3 schools · 2,122 students
$18,629 per studentIL $21,567A+North Palos School District 117Grades PK–8 · 5 schools · 3,350 students
$18,641 per studentIL $21,567AWillow Springs School District 108Grades PK–8 · 1 school · 414 students
$20,951 per studentIL $21,567CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 16 schools in Palos
Showing 1–16 of 16 schools
Oak Ridge Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 2–5 · 774 students
APublicPalos East Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 705 students
APublicPalos West Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 700 students
APublicGlen Oaks Elem SchoolElementary · Grades 2–5 · 649 students
APublicDr Kenneth M Sorrick SchoolElementary · Grades PK–1 · 449 students
PublicDorn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–1 · 431 students
PublicWorthwoods Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 272 students
B-PublicH H Conrady Jr High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,047 students
A+PublicPalos South Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 717 students
APublicCarl Sandburg High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,840 students
APublicAmos Alonzo Stagg High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,560 students
B+PublicAQSA SCHOOL
PrivateBOBBIE NOONANS CHILD CARE
PrivateKORAES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateST PATRICIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateUNIVERSAL SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.