William Fremd Ranked Among Top 5 Best High Schools in Cook County: Magazine

PALATINE, IL — Two Township High School District 211 schools were named to Chicago magazine's list of the best suburban high schools in Cook County, which was released this week.

The schools that were ranked include William Fremd High School at No. 5, followed by Palatine High School at No. 16. In Cook County, Proviso Math and Science Academy in Forest Park earned the No. 1 ranking among high schools, and Northfield's Middlefork Primary School took the stop spot in among elementaries.

Teaming up with nonprofit group RTI International, Chicago magazine created the criteria for its best of lists—divided by county and school level—based on test scores, attendance, spending per student, graduation rates (for the high schools) and other data taken from the Illinois Board of Education. The publication hasn't done this type of school analysis and ranking since 2012.

Here's a quick breakdown of the numbers that helped these schools earn their rankings:

William Fremd High School (No. 5)

• Spending per student: $10,773
• Freshmen meeting or exceeding state standards: 97 percent
• Graduation rate: 96 percent

Palatine High School (No. 16)

• Spending per student: $10,773
• Students meeting or exceeding state PARCC exam standards: 90 percent
• Average daily attendance: 88 percent

Other nearby high schools that made the publication's list included:

• John Hersey High School, Arlington Heights (No. 3)
• Rolling Meadows High School, Rolling Meadows (No. 7)
• Prospect High School, Mount Prospect (No. 9)
• James B. Conant High School, Hoffman Estates (No. 10)
• Schaumbug High School, Schaumburg (No. 12)
• Hoffman Estates High School, Hoffman Estates (No. 15)
• Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove Village (No. 19)

Hersey also was selected as one of the magazine's five "innovators" by combining multiple class subjects to create "a broad-based, forum style of teaching, in the tradition of college lectures."

Six Schaumburg elementary schools also made Chicago's list. Of those, Enders-Salk Elementary School, Hoover Math and Science Academy and Thomas Dooley Elementary School were ranked the highest at Nos. 5-7, respectively.

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PHOTO: William Fremd High School (Image via Patch)

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