CHICAGO — Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood ranks No. 1 on a list of best high schools in Illinois and places No. 5 when ranked nationally.

UPDATED: October 30, 2024 at 11:11 AM CDT Students change classes, Oct. 29, 2024, at Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ...

These Chicago-area public high schools are among best in America, new ranking says Four Illinois schools ranked in the Top 20, according to officials ...

The 2024 Illinois High School Musical Theatre Award recipients were Jazmin Rhodes of Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, IL (Best Performer in an Actress Role), George Spiegel of Maine ...

As students have now headed back to the classroom for the start of the 2024-25 school year, Chicago Magazine has unveiled a new ranking of public high schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs.

The assigned neighborhood high school for Spencer students is among the 5% lowest-performing schools in Illinois, though most students choose a charter or another CPS-run school.

About 25,000 Chicago Public Schools students were absent for more than a month last year, according to a new analysis by WBEZ and Chalkbeat. Sarah Karp went to one Southwest Side high school where ...

There is an exciting high school clash -- St. Rita High School vs. Mount Carmel High School - Chicago -- in Chicago, IL on Friday, Jan. 31, starting at 7 p.m. CT.