Cities in Illinois by high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over, 2024

Western Springs, IL had the highest high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over of 225 cities in 2024, at 99.5%. Summit, IL had the lowest, at 67.2%. The median was 93.1% and the figure for Illinois was 90.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest99.5Western Springs, IL

Lowest67.2Summit, IL

Median93.1225 cities

Illinois90.5History

Top 40 cities, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Western Springs, IL	99.5	0 pts
2	Winnetka, IL	99.1	0 pts
3	Chatham, IL	98.8	+1.5 pts
3	Wilmette, IL	98.8	+0.1 pts
5	Manhattan, IL	98.7	+0.3 pts
6	Deerfield, IL	98.7	0 pts
7	New Lenox, IL	98.4	+0.1 pts
8	Campton Hills, IL	98.3	+0.1 pts
9	Washington, IL	98.2	-0.2 pts
10	Lake Forest, IL	98.1	-1 pts
11	Frankfort, IL	97.9	-0.4 pts
12	Mokena, IL	97.8	-0.1 pts
13	Columbia, IL	97.7	+0.5 pts
14	O'Fallon, IL	97.6	+0.7 pts
15	Highland, IL	97.6	+1 pts
15	Oak Park, IL	97.6	+0.3 pts
17	Normal, IL	97.6	+0.1 pts
18	Libertyville, IL	97.5	-0.3 pts
19	Hinsdale, IL	97.5	-0 pts
20	Morton, IL	97.5	+0.9 pts
21	Batavia, IL	97.5	+0.7 pts
22	Troy, IL	97.5	0 pts
23	La Grange, IL	97.4	+0.1 pts
24	Geneva, IL	97.4	+1 pts
25	Glen Carbon, IL	97.4	+0.6 pts
26	Naperville, IL	97.3	+0.1 pts
27	Lockport, IL	97.3	+0.3 pts
28	Lisle, IL	97.2	-0.8 pts
29	Highland Park, IL	97.2	+0.1 pts
30	Northbrook, IL	97.2	-0.1 pts
30	Winfield, IL	97.2	-0.6 pts
32	Glenview, IL	97.1	+0.5 pts
33	Grayslake, IL	97	-0.1 pts
34	Lake Zurich, IL	97	-0.2 pts
35	Edwardsville, IL	96.9	-0.1 pts
36	River Forest, IL	96.9	+0.1 pts
37	Buffalo Grove, IL	96.8	-0 pts
38	Burr Ridge, IL	96.8	-0.3 pts
39	Vernon Hills, IL	96.8	+1 pts
40	Palos Heights, IL	96.7	-1 pts
41	Swansea, IL	96.7	+0.1 pts
42	Waterloo, IL	96.7	+0.5 pts
43	Cary, IL	96.7	-0.2 pts
44	Huntley, IL	96.6	+0.6 pts
45	Park Ridge, IL	96.6	-0.2 pts
45	Shiloh, IL	96.6	-0.6 pts
47	Sycamore, IL	96.6	+0.7 pts
48	Shorewood, IL	96.5	+0.1 pts
49	Evanston, IL	96.5	0 pts
50	Channahon, IL	96.4	-0.7 pts
50	Lombard, IL	96.4	-0.3 pts
50	Oswego, IL	96.4	+1.6 pts
53	Homewood, IL	96.4	+0.5 pts
54	Glen Ellyn, IL	96.3	+0.1 pts
55	Downers Grove, IL	96.2	-0.3 pts
55	Wheaton, IL	96.2	-0.2 pts
57	Arlington Heights, IL	96.2	-0 pts
58	Elmhurst, IL	96.1	-0.4 pts
59	Pingree Grove, IL	96	-1.5 pts
60	Roscoe, IL	96	-0.6 pts
61	Mahomet, IL	96	-0.5 pts
62	Plainfield, IL	96	+0.6 pts
63	Lindenhurst, IL	95.9	+0.9 pts
64	Tinley Park, IL	95.9	-0.2 pts
65	Schaumburg, IL	95.7	-0.3 pts
66	Lemont, IL	95.7	+0.2 pts
67	Gurnee, IL	95.7	+0.4 pts
68	Antioch, IL	95.7	+0.9 pts
69	Algonquin, IL	95.7	+0.5 pts
70	La Grange Park, IL	95.6	0 pts
71	Barrington, IL	95.4	-0.7 pts
72	Bourbonnais, IL	95.3	-0.1 pts
73	Carbondale, IL	95.3	+0.8 pts
74	Westmont, IL	95.2	-0.1 pts
75	Darien, IL	95.1	-0.1 pts
76	Bartlett, IL	95	-0.3 pts
77	Lincoln, IL	95	+1.5 pts
78	Champaign, IL	94.9	+0.3 pts
78	Lake in the Hills, IL	94.9	-0.6 pts
80	Bloomington, IL	94.9	+0.2 pts
81	Belleville, IL	94.9	+0.4 pts
82	Matteson, IL	94.9	+1 pts
83	Godfrey, IL	94.8	-1.6 pts
84	Minooka, IL	94.7	-1.1 pts
85	Forest Park, IL	94.6	-0.9 pts
86	Brookfield, IL	94.5	+0.7 pts
87	Bradley, IL	94.4	+1.7 pts
88	Wood River, IL	94.3	+0.4 pts
89	Marion, IL	94.1	+0.3 pts
90	Oak Forest, IL	94.1	+1.8 pts
91	Macomb, IL	94.1	-0.6 pts
91	Mount Vernon, IL	94.1	+0.6 pts
93	Urbana, IL	94.1	-1.5 pts
94	Orland Park, IL	94	-0.5 pts
95	St. Charles, IL	94	-0.8 pts
96	Dolton, IL	93.9	+0.6 pts
97	Country Club Hills, IL	93.9	+0.1 pts
98	Collinsville, IL	93.8	-0.9 pts
99	Richton Park, IL	93.8	-0.8 pts
100	Yorkville, IL	93.8	-1.7 pts
101	East Peoria, IL	93.7	-0.5 pts
102	Morris, IL	93.7	+0.2 pts
102	Taylorville, IL	93.7	-0 pts
104	Lansing, IL	93.6	+0.7 pts
105	Woodridge, IL	93.6	-0.2 pts
106	Charleston, IL	93.5	+1.1 pts
107	Lincolnwood, IL	93.4	+0.4 pts
108	Crystal Lake, IL	93.3	-1.4 pts
108	Springfield, IL	93.3	+0.7 pts
110	Westchester, IL	93.3	+0.6 pts
111	Effingham, IL	93.3	+1.4 pts
112	North Aurora, IL	93.1	+0.5 pts
113	Rantoul, IL	93.1	+2.4 pts
114	Evergreen Park, IL	93	-0.7 pts
115	Fairview Heights, IL	92.9	0 pts
116	Loves Park, IL	92.8	+0.9 pts
117	Sterling, IL	92.8	+2.3 pts
118	Roselle, IL	92.7	+0.2 pts
119	Bloomingdale, IL	92.6	-0.2 pts
120	Quincy, IL	92.5	+0.3 pts
121	Elk Grove Village, IL	92.5	-0 pts
122	Mundelein, IL	92.4	+1.9 pts
123	Crestwood, IL	92.4	+1.3 pts
124	Peoria, IL	92.2	+0.1 pts
124	South Holland, IL	92.2	+0.2 pts
126	Plano, IL	92.1	-0.3 pts
127	Villa Park, IL	92.1	-0.5 pts
128	Homer Glen, IL	91.9	-0.3 pts
129	Fox Lake, IL	91.9	-0.1 pts
129	Hoffman Estates, IL	91.9	+0.3 pts
131	Palatine, IL	91.8	+0.7 pts
132	Herrin, IL	91.8	+0.2 pts
133	South Elgin, IL	91.7	+1 pts
134	Freeport, IL	91.7	+1.7 pts
135	Decatur, IL	91.7	-0.1 pts
136	Ottawa, IL	91.6	-0.3 pts
137	McHenry, IL	91.6	+0.8 pts
138	Skokie, IL	91.6	0 pts
139	Park Forest, IL	91.6	+0.4 pts
140	Mount Prospect, IL	91.6	-0.1 pts
141	Alton, IL	91.3	+0.5 pts
142	Wauconda, IL	91.3	-0.6 pts
143	River Grove, IL	91.1	-0.4 pts
144	Montgomery, IL	91.1	+0.2 pts
145	Pekin, IL	91	+1.2 pts
146	Morton Grove, IL	90.8	+1.2 pts
147	Machesney Park, IL	90.8	-0.3 pts
148	Hazel Crest, IL	90.7	-0.9 pts
149	Justice, IL	90.6	+0.1 pts
150	Rock Island, IL	90.4	+0.5 pts
151	Moline, IL	90.3	+1.2 pts
152	Oak Lawn, IL	90.3	-0 pts
153	Des Plaines, IL	90.1	+0.9 pts
154	Bolingbrook, IL	90	+0.6 pts
155	Riverdale, IL	89.8	-1.4 pts
156	Carol Stream, IL	89.8	-0.5 pts
157	Mattoon, IL	89.5	-0.1 pts
158	Centralia, IL	89.4	+0.4 pts
159	Rolling Meadows, IL	89.2	+2.2 pts
160	Streator, IL	89.1	+1 pts
161	Chicago Ridge, IL	89.1	-1.6 pts
162	Calumet City, IL	88.7	+0.2 pts
162	Elmwood Park, IL	88.7	+0.1 pts
164	Midlothian, IL	88.6	+0.5 pts
165	Granite City, IL	88.6	+0.5 pts
166	Hickory Hills, IL	88.5	-0.4 pts
167	Woodstock, IL	88.5	-0.7 pts
168	Niles, IL	88.3	-0.1 pts
169	Alsip, IL	88.3	0 pts
170	DeKalb, IL	88.1	-1.5 pts
171	Canton, IL	87.9	-0.5 pts
172	Dixon, IL	87.8	+0.7 pts
173	Round Lake, IL	87.8	+0.3 pts
174	Wheeling, IL	87.5	-0.5 pts
175	Markham, IL	87.5	+0.4 pts
176	Chicago, IL	87.2	+0.4 pts
177	Worth, IL	87.2	-1.5 pts
178	Jacksonville, IL	87	-1 pts
179	Palos Hills, IL	87	-0.3 pts
180	Crest Hill, IL	86.9	+0.7 pts
181	Wood Dale, IL	86.7	-1.6 pts
182	Danville, IL	86.7	-1 pts
182	Galesburg, IL	86.7	+1.1 pts
184	Schiller Park, IL	86.6	0 pts
185	Norridge, IL	86.5	-0.7 pts
186	East Moline, IL	85.9	-0.6 pts
187	Warrenville, IL	85.9	-0.3 pts
188	East St. Louis, IL	85.7	+3 pts
189	Streamwood, IL	85.5	-1.6 pts
190	Cahokia Heights, IL	85.5	+0.5 pts
191	Romeoville, IL	85.4	+2.1 pts
192	Joliet, IL	85.3	+0.4 pts
193	Kewanee, IL	85	+1.6 pts
194	Rockford, IL	84.9	-0.1 pts
195	Chicago Heights, IL	84.8	-0.1 pts
196	Bellwood, IL	84.8	-1.1 pts
197	Berwyn, IL	84.3	-0.4 pts
198	Zion, IL	84.1	-1.2 pts
199	Hanover Park, IL	83.5	-0.5 pts
200	Lyons, IL	83.4	+0.2 pts
201	Aurora, IL	83.1	+1 pts
202	Prospect Heights, IL	83	-0.9 pts
203	Glendale Heights, IL	82.7	-0.3 pts
204	Bridgeview, IL	82.5	-0.2 pts
205	Pontiac, IL	82.2	-2.8 pts
206	Kankakee, IL	82.1	+1 pts
207	Elgin, IL	81.4	+0.2 pts
208	North Chicago, IL	81.2	+0.1 pts
209	Maywood, IL	81.2	+2 pts
210	Blue Island, IL	80.7	-1 pts
211	Beach Park, IL	80.3	-0.4 pts
212	Bensenville, IL	79.7	-0 pts
213	Burbank, IL	79.6	+0.3 pts
214	Belvidere, IL	79.3	+1.2 pts
215	West Chicago, IL	78.8	-1.6 pts
216	Franklin Park, IL	77.3	+0.1 pts
217	Harvey, IL	77.2	+1.1 pts
218	Carpentersville, IL	77	+0.7 pts
219	Round Lake Beach, IL	76.7	-0.3 pts
220	Addison, IL	75.9	-1.2 pts
221	Waukegan, IL	75.3	-1.2 pts
222	Northlake, IL	73.8	-0.6 pts
223	Melrose Park, IL	69.7	-0.8 pts
224	Cicero, IL	68	-0.2 pts
225	Summit, IL	67.2	-0.7 pts

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2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

People aged 25 and over who hold a regular high school diploma, a GED or alternative credential, or any higher level of education, as a percentage of all people aged 25 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the adult population, not students: it is not the high school graduation rate of a class. Not comparable with the EU share below upper secondary education, which covers ages 25 to 64.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduate-or-higher/illinois-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduate-or-higher/illinois-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Illinois by high school graduate or higher, population 25 and over, 2024}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduate-or-higher/illinois-cities. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B15003: population 25 years and over with a high school diploma, GED or higher as a percentage of the population 25 years and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b15003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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