Evanston Private School, Public School Guide: How Does Your School Compare?

It still looks like summer, but the school year is quickly approaching. Patch aggregated Evanston schools’ statistics from Great Schools and each school’s report card, found on their websites. Where does your school rank? Did we miss any? Let us know in the comment section.

Pope John XXIII School

1120 Washington St.

Private, Roman Catholic

PK-8, 292 students

Test Scores: not available

Student to teacher ratio: not available

Student Ethnicity:

• 59% White 
• 12% Two or more races
• 11% Black
• 10% Hispanic
• 8% Asian
• 0% American Indian/Alaska Native
• 0% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander

Principal: Rosalie Musiala

Pope John XXIII was consolidated 20 years ago from historic St. Mary’s and St. Nicholas Schools. It is one of the most successful consolidations in the Archdiocese, according to greatschools.org.

Roycemore School

1200 Davis St.

Private, PK-12

300 students

Nonsectarian affiliated

Test scores: not available

Student teacher ratio: 9

Principal: Kevin Smith

*Financial aid offered

Evanston Township High School

1600 Dodge Ave

Public, 9-12

3,147 students

Test Scores:

Average ACT score (Class of 2012): 23

Overall Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) performance 2012: 65.7 percentile

IAA Scores: Reading- 72.7, Mathematics- 63.6, Science- 72.7

4- year graduation rate: 86.7%

Student to teacher ratio: 14

Student Ethnicity:

• 43% White
• 32% Black
• 17% Hispanic
• 4% Asian       
• 4% Two or more races
• 0% American Indian/ Alaskan Native
• 0% Hawaiian/ Native Pacific Islander

Principal: Oscar Hawthorne

District 65

Public, PK-8

7,574 students

Ten elementary schools, three middle schools, two magnet schools, one special education school

Test Scores:

All State Tests Combined (ISAT & IAA - Reading, Mathematics, and Science):  88.8%

ISAT (Reading, Mathematics, and Science): 89.1%

IAA (Reading, Mathematics, and Science): 70.2%

AYP: Reading 87.6%, Mathematics 92.2%

Student Ethnicity:

• 42% White
• 26% Black
• 19% Hispanic
• 4% Asian
• 7% Multiracial

Student to teacher ratio: 13.6 

Average Class Size:

• K- 19.6
• 1st – 20.6
• 3rd- 20.7
• 6th- 23.0
• 8th – 23.4

Teacher Stats and Experience

• 12.8 years - average years of teaching
• 61% - teachers with master’s degree and above

Superintendent: Dr. Hardy Murphy