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Schools in Chicagoland: which high school an address goes to

In Illinois a home’s address decides its public schools, and the lines rarely follow town borders. Here is how Chicago and ten suburban high school districts sort it out, where to check any address with the district itself, and a Fulton Grace search for the homes inside each high school’s area.

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Every address has a neighborhood high school
GoCPS, fall 2027
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A high school district takes students from several K-8 districts
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The district’s own boundary lookup
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Boundaries change, and a listing’s school is entered with the listing, so treat it as a starting point. For a Chicago address, the CPS School Locator names its neighborhood schools. For a suburb, each district below links its own boundary map or address lookup. Weighing a few addresses? Send them to us: we will check each one against the district’s lookup and pull the property tax bill too.

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Chicago Public Schools (District 299)

One district covers the whole city, with three ways into high school:

GoCPS for fall 2027 (one application for the choice and selective programs): opened Wednesday, Sept 9, 2026; closes Friday, Nov 13, 2026, at 5 p.m.; first offers Friday, Feb 12, 2027.
From CPSThe School Locator (an address’s schools) →Find a school →GoCPS for high school →Illinois Report Card →

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How the suburbs work

Many suburbs split public schools in two: elementary districts run kindergarten through 8th grade and send their students on to a separate high school district. A few are unit districts that run kindergarten through 12th grade, like Naperville 203. Either way the address decides, and one town can sit in more than one district: parts of Darien, Oak Brook and Westmont, for one, are in District 99 and parts in Hinsdale 86.

Each district’s facts below come from its own website, read Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Student counts are the districts’ own figures, and their years vary; the Illinois Report Card has the state’s counts. The Fulton Grace buttons search the homes inside each high school’s area, for sale or for rent.

Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125

North and northwest suburbs, Lake County

High school
  • Adlai E. Stevenson High School, 1 Stevenson Drive, Lincolnshire
Who it serves
All or parts of 16 communities across 42 square miles: Lincolnshire, Long Grove, Prairie View, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Hawthorn Woods, Indian Creek, Kildeer, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, Mettawa, Mundelein, Palatine, Riverwoods, Vernon Hills and Wheeling.
Sender districts
Aptakisic-Tripp 102, Kildeer Countryside 96, Lincolnshire-Prairie View 103, Diamond Lake 76, Fremont 79 and Hawthorn 73.
Students
About 4,300 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Opened in September 1965 and named for Illinois governor Adlai E. Stevenson II.
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From the districtThe district →About the district →Illinois Report Card →

New Trier Township High School District 203

North Shore, Cook County

High schools
  • New Trier, Northfield Campus (freshmen), 7 Happ Road, Northfield
  • New Trier, Winnetka Campus (grades 10 to 12), 385 Winnetka Ave, Winnetka
Who it serves
Glencoe, Kenilworth, Northfield, Wilmette, Winnetka, and parts of Glenview and Northbrook.
Sender districts
Six K-8 districts, by the district’s own count.
Students
About 4,000 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Founded in 1901. One high school on two campuses: freshmen in Northfield, everyone else in Winnetka.
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From the districtThe district →About the district →Illinois Report Card →

Evanston Township High School District 202

Evanston, Cook County

High school
  • Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave, Evanston
Who it serves
Evanston. Evanston/Skokie District 65, the K-8 district that sends most of its students here, also covers a small part of Skokie.
Sender districts
Evanston/Skokie District 65.
Students
3,427 in 2025-26 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Founded in 1883; the campus on Dodge Avenue opened in 1924 and covers 65 acres.
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From the districtThe district →About ETHS →Illinois Report Card →

Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200

Due west of the city, Cook County

High school
  • Oak Park and River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville Ave, Oak Park
Who it serves
Oak Park and River Forest.
Sender districts
River Forest District 90 and Oak Park District 97.
Good to know
A one-school district with more than 200 courses, about 90 clubs and 29 sports.
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From the districtThe district →Enrollment and residency →Illinois Report Card →

Glenbrook High School District 225

North suburbs, Cook County

High schools
  • Glenbrook North High School, 2300 Shermer Rd, Northbrook
  • Glenbrook South High School, 4000 W. Lake Ave, Glenview
Who it serves
Glenview, Northbrook and parts of unincorporated Northfield Township. Glenbrook North takes Northbrook and the parts of Glenview and unincorporated land north of Willow Road the district’s policy names; Glenbrook South takes the rest of Glenview and the unincorporated land south of Willow.
Sender districts
Districts 27, 28, 30, 31 and 34.
Students
About 5,000 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Glenbrook South’s campus was built in 1962 on 65 acres.
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From the districtThe district →School boundaries →Illinois Report Card →

Township High School District 113

North Shore, Lake County

High schools
  • Deerfield High School, 1959 N. Waukegan Rd, Deerfield
  • Highland Park High School, 433 Vine Ave, Highland Park
Who it serves
Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highland Park, Highwood, Riverwoods and the Town of Fort Sheridan.
Sender districts
Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109 and North Shore 112.
Good to know
Two four-year high schools; the district also runs a summer school and adult education.
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Hinsdale Township High School District 86

West suburbs, DuPage and Cook counties

High schools
  • Hinsdale Central High School, 5500 S. Grant St, Hinsdale
  • Hinsdale South High School, 7401 S. Clarendon Hills Rd, Darien
Who it serves
Parts of DuPage and Cook counties. Hinsdale Central names Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Oak Brook, Westmont and Willowbrook; the district’s map shows the line between the two schools.
Sender districts
Shown on the district’s attendance map.
Students
Nearly 4,000 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Attendance areas are set mainly by Board Policies 7:31 and 7:32; the district’s interactive map shows them.
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From the districtThe district →Attendance and boundary map →Illinois Report Card →

Maine Township High School District 207

Northwest suburbs, Cook County

High schools
  • Maine East High School, 2601 W. Dempster St, Park Ridge
  • Maine South High School, 1111 S. Dee Rd, Park Ridge
  • Maine West High School, 1755 S. Wolf Rd, Des Plaines
Who it serves
Park Ridge, nearly all of Des Plaines, and parts of Glenview, Harwood Heights, Morton Grove, Niles, Norridge, Norwood Park Township and Rosemont. Two optional zones choose between two schools, once, at enrollment.
Sender districts
River Trails 26, Des Plaines 62, East Maine 63, Park Ridge-Niles 64, Rosemont 78 and Pennoyer 79.
Students
About 6,200 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Three high schools and Frost Academy across about 32 square miles.
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From the districtThe district →Attendance boundary map →Illinois Report Card →

Naperville Community Unit School District 203

West suburbs, DuPage County

High schools
  • Naperville Central High School, 440 W. Aurora Ave, Naperville
  • Naperville North High School, 899 N. Mill St, Naperville
Who it serves
Naperville. Check the district’s lookup for an address near its edges.
Sender districts
A unit district, kindergarten through 12th grade: its own junior highs (Jefferson, Kennedy, Lincoln, Madison and Washington) feed the two high schools.
Students
16,067 across every grade (the district’s count).
Good to know
Two high schools, five junior highs and fifteen elementary and early childhood sites.
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From the districtThe district →Illinois Report Card →

Community High School District 99

West suburbs, DuPage County

High schools
  • Downers Grove North High School, 4436 Main St, Downers Grove
  • Downers Grove South High School, 1436 Norfolk St, Downers Grove
Who it serves
Downers Grove and Woodridge, and parts of Bolingbrook, Darien, Lisle, Oak Brook and Westmont.
Students
Nearly 5,000 (the district’s count).
Good to know
Downers Grove North opened in 1928 as Downers Grove High School; South opened in 1964.
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From the districtThe district →Maps, boundaries and an address lookup →

Questions people ask

Does the school on a listing guarantee a spot?

No. A listing’s school is entered with the listing, and boundaries change. The district decides by address, so check its own lookup (each district above links it) before counting on a school.

Do renters go to the same schools as owners?

Yes. Districts enroll by where a student lives, whether the home is owned or rented. Each district lists the proof of residency it asks for, and a lease is usually part of it.

Can a Chicago student go to a high school outside their neighborhood?

Yes, through GoCPS: the selective enrollment high schools and the choice programs. The neighborhood high school stays guaranteed either way.

Why do two school districts show up on a suburban tax bill?

In much of Chicagoland an elementary district and a high school district each levy property taxes, so a home’s bill lists both. A unit district, like Naperville 203, is one line.

How do I search homes by school on Fulton Grace?

Use the buttons on this page, or type a school’s name into the search box on fultongrace.com and pick it from the list; the results are the homes in that school’s area, for sale or for rent.

Weighing addresses near a school boundary?

Send us the addresses. We will check each one against the district’s own lookup, pull the property tax bill, and set up a Fulton Grace search for the area so new homes reach you first.

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