Plainfield School Among Top 5 Elementary Schools in Will County: Chicago Magazine

With less of an emphasis on test scores, Chicago Magazine has released its 2016 list of the best Chicago and suburban public schools.

At No. 4 is Freedom Elementary, which has 821 students through kindergarten and fifth grade. The school spends $5,658 per pupil and has an attendance rate of 96 percent.

Coming in at No. 1 for the top 10 elementary schools in Will County is Eisenhower Academy. According to the report, 100 percent of fourth-graders met or exceeded state standards on the science section of the 2013 ISAT.

The school has a total enrollment of 262 students in grades first through fifth. Eisenhower spends $5,556 per pupil and has an attendance rate of 97 percent.

The top 10 elementary schools in Will County are:

1. Eisenhower Academy in Joliet
2. Anna McDonald School in Manhattan
3. Goodings Grove School in Homer Glen
4. Freedom Elementary School in Plainfield
5. Pioneer Elementary School in Bolingbrook
6. William J. Butler School in Lockport
7. Luther J. Schilling School in Homer Glen
8. Coretta Scott King Magnet School in University Park
9. Ludwig Elementary School in Lockport
10. Three Rivers School in Channahon

Romeoville High School ranked No. 3 in the top 5 high schools in Will County. Spots No. 1 and 2 went to Lincoln-Way East High School and Lincoln-Way Central. In spots 4 and 5 were Lincoln-Way West High School and Lockport Township High School.

For this year’s public school rankings, the magazine “talked to top professionals and educators inside and outside the school system, researched a wide array of new and improved metrics, drilled down deeper on the numbers, and asked the independent research nonprofit RTI International to crunch the data to generate the fairest possible results.”

Suburban Elementary Schools

Spending per pupil 20 percent
PARCC attainment (adjusted) 50 percent
5Essentials 20 percent
Attendance 10 percent

Suburban High Schools

Spending per pupil 10 percent
Freshmen on Track 5 percent
PARCC attainment (adjusted) 20 percent
ACT attainment (adjusted) 30 percent
5Essentials 20 percent
Graduation rate 10 percent
Attendance 5 percent

See the full rankings at Chicago Magazine.

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