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Schools in Pistakee Highlands · Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12

Pistakee Highlands’s public schools beat 53% of Illinois districts

The public schools Pistakee Highlands’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 53% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#230Graduation rate37%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
21%
▼ 10 pts vs IL 31%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
▼ 4 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
▲ 5 pts vs IL 87%
class of 2018
Spent per student
$20.6K
▼ 4% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Pistakee Highlands compares

C+ Test scoresB− Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 53%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,010)Better than 37%
High confidence. Built on 696 tested students and a graduating class of 177; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Illinois only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Pistakee Highlands.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Ringwood School Primary Ctrin Ringwood
3–5Johnsburg Elementary Schoolin Johnsburg
6–8Johnsburg Jr High Schoolin Johnsburg
9–12Johnsburg High Schoolin Johnsburg

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading21%
State average 30.7%
Math22%
State average 25.8%

Pistakee Highlands vs. its neighbors

Pistakee Highlands’s schools rank 3rd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Illinois districts.

Every school in Pistakee Highlands

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Colleges near Pistakee Highlands

There’s no college in Pistakee Highlands, but 17 are within 30 miles. The closest is College of Lake County in Grayslake, 10.6 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Pistakee Highlands. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 7 more within 30 miles.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.

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