<p>A couple of charts to use in your search…</p>
<p>This chart shows the percentage of high school grads in each district that are adequately prepared for first year college-level courses in the last column (New Trier and Hinsdale data is not included). You may be surprised that overall, Chicago suburban school districts adequately prepare only 27% of students for college.
[Daily</a> Herald | A decade of school funding](<a href=“http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter10.htm]Daily”>http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter10.htm)</p>
<p>Excel version if you like to sort data:
<a href=“http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter10excel.xls[/url]”>http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter10excel.xls</a></p>
<p>This chart shows the debt load per student in each district. School debt has a major impact on your property tax bill.
[Daily</a> Herald | A decade of school funding](<a href=“http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter9.htm]Daily”>http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter9.htm)</p>
<p>Excel version:
<a href=“http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter9excel.xls[/url]”>http://www.dailyherald.com/packages/2007/schoollfinance/chapter9excel.xls</a></p>
<p>Also take a look at US News & World Report’s medal winning Illinois public high schools. You can sort by county.
[Best</a> High Schools Search - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/directories/high-schools/index_html/state_id+IL/page_number+1/page_size+10/sort+alpha/name+/award+/school_name+/county+/detail+less]Best”>http://www.usnews.com/directories/high-schools/index_html/state_id+IL/page_number+1/page_size+10/sort+alpha/name+/award+/school_name+/county+/detail+less)</p>