Crystal Lake, Cary Elementary, Middle and High Schools Receive High Ranks: Survey

Crystal Lake and Cary schools received high ranks by Niche, which recently released its 2015 K-12 rankings.

Niche ranks more than 100,000 public and private schools and districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents. A full explanation on how Niche evaluates schools can be found on the organization’s website.

Cary public schools received an overall “A” grade while Crystal Lake public schools received an “A-” grade.

Cary-Grove High, Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake Central high schools received the highest grades -- an ”A” -- among area high schools.

Niche ranked Prairie Ridge as the 49th best high school in the state while Cary-Grove was ranked as the 57th best high school in the state and Crystal Lake Central was ranked as the 73rd best high school in the state, according to the Niche rankings.

Crystal Lake South received a ”B+” grade as did Community High School District No. 155, which was ranked as the 50th best school district in the state.

Several more Crystal Lake and Cary elementary and middle schools also received several “A” grades in the rankings.

The rankings also look at schools with the “Best Teachers,” “Best Food,” “Best Sports,” ”Best Academics” and more.

Visit the Niche website to see the full rankings