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Best public schools in Urbana, IL

12 public schools in Urbana: 6 elementary · 1 middle · 2 high · 3 combined. Ranked by our score, based on 2024-25 state test results.

Rankings renumber to share equal ranks and fill gaps when schools are hidden. Scores compare each school with schools of the same type across Illinois.

Elementary schools

6 schools in Urbana, best first
1
Leal Elem School 33.1
Urbana SD 116 · Grades K-5 · 375 students
ELA 39%Math 32%Science 47%
#984 of 1,470 in Illinois
2
Yankee Ridge Multilingual School 11.5
Urbana SD 116 · Grades K-5
ELA 25%Math 23%Science 26%
#1,301 of 1,470 in Illinois
3
Thomas Paine Elem School 2.4
Urbana SD 116 · Grades K-5 · 362 students
ELA 17%Math 10%Science 21%
#1,435 of 1,470 in Illinois
4
M L King Jr Elem School 0.4
Urbana SD 116 · Grades K-5 · 307 students
ELA 12%Math 9%
#1,464 of 1,470 in Illinois
5
Dr Preston L Williams Jr Elem Sch 0.2
Urbana SD 116 · Grades K-5 · 517 students
ELA 8%Math 6%
#1,467 of 1,470 in Illinois
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Urbana Early Childhood Ctr —
Urbana SD 116 · Grades PK · 253 students
No published test results

Middle schools

1 school in Urbana
1
Urbana Middle School 5.3
Urbana SD 116 · Grades 6-8 · 911 students
ELA 21%Math 12%Science 23%
#578 of 610 in Illinois

High schools

2 schools in Urbana, best first
1
University of Illinois High Sch 99.7
University of Ill Lab School · Grades 7-12 · 314 students
ELA 95%Math 90%Science 96%
#2 of 506 in Illinois
2
Urbana High School 19.5
Urbana SD 116 · Grades 9-12 · 1,207 students
ELA 39%Math 24%Science 28%
#408 of 506 in Illinois

Combined schools

3 schools in Urbana
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Champaign Co Detention Center —
Urbana SD 116 · Grades 6-12 · 0 students
No published test results
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Juvenile Detention Center —
Champaign/Ford ROE · Grades 6-11 · 0 students
No published test results
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Urbana Gerber School —
Urbana SD 116 · Grades K-12 · 0 students
No published test results

School districts serving Urbana

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