How highly rated are Boone County High Schools?

Well here are high ranking schools in McHenry County.

Three McHenry County high schools made the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings as top high schools in the state.

Cary-Grove (50), Richmond-Burton (53) and Marengo (61) all made the Illinois rankings, which listed the top 69 high schools in the state.

All three schools scored above or near the Illinois average in student-to-teacher ratio, college readiness, math proficiency and reading proficiency....

Click on the following for more details:  Northwest Herald | Three area high schools make U.S. News and World Report list

Hononegah is the only Winnebago-Boone County listed in the top 62. 

The actual listing are available at:  http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/rankings?int=c0b4c1

High school juniors in Illinois take the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which assesses reading, math and science skills. Learn more from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Illinois has many schools ranked in 2013 among the U.S. News Best High Schools, including 19 gold medal schools, 50 silver medal schools and 69 bronze medal schools. Although the capital of Illinois is Springfield, the state's biggest city is Chicago, home to the Chicago Public Schools.

Top Ranked IL Schools

To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal.

SEE Hononegah #44.  All of Boone County’s high schools are much lower as far as college readiness scores. All are in single digits. Hononegah is at 31.2.