Bright A+ Press Release 2009

Date: September 18, 2009

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Press Release
Announcing the 11th annual Illinois School District 2009
SchoolSearchä Bright A+ä Award Recipients

The award is based on those school districts with the highest academic performance in Illinois.
Go to www.schoolsearchrankings.com to view & print award list.

SchoolSearchä honors fifty-eight (58) Illinois School Districts (out of 868 school districts) with the SchoolSearchä Bright A+ä Award for academic excellence. These school districts are among the top 5% of Illinois school districts academically based on the following criteria (Source: 2008 IL Report Card Data):

Elementary Criterion: The overall average percentage of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade ISAT (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) meets or exceeds percentages of reading & math. The Illinois State School District range for this overall average ISAT percentage is 48.54 (lowest) -- 97.94 (highest) out of a possible range of 0-100. The Illinois State average for this percentage is 79.25. Elementary/Unit School Districts with a percentage of 94.38 or above on this criterion qualified for this award.

Secondary Criterion: The ACT composite score of all students tested. The Illinois State School District range for the ACT is 14.4 (lowest) -- 26.9 (highest) out of a possible range of 1-36. The Illinois State average ACT score is 20.5 & the U.S. average ACT score is 21.1. High School/Unit School Districts with an ACT score of 22.6 or above qualified for this award.

Highest Performing School Districts in Illinois:

The highest performing school district serving elementary students is Kenilworth School District 38 in Kenilworth, IL -- Cook County (ISAT Overall Average Percentage: 97.94%).

The highest performing school district serving high school students is New Trier TWP H S Dist 203 in Winnetka & Northfield, IL -- Cook County (Act Score: 26.9).

The SchoolSearch Bright A+ä Award list is especially useful to families looking for a
school district with a rigorous academic environment.

SchoolSearchä is an educational research & consulting firm that publishes Handbooks of school system rankings.
SchoolSearchä provides comparative school district information for corporations, homebuilders,
school districts, libraries, real estate professionals & relocating families -- since 1991.

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