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Private schools in Illinois

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977 private schools in 304 cities and towns and 73 counties. From the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE): Directory of Education Entities 2025-26: nonpublic schools.

What Illinois’s list covers

The nonpublic schools in the Illinois State Board of Education’s Directory of Education Entities for the school year: ISBE’s own list, which may not hold every private school. The nonpublic special education programs ISBE lists apart aren’t here. NCES’s survey counted 1,233 private schools in Illinois in 2021-22.

The biggest cities and towns

By how many private schools each holds
  1. Chicago 248 Cook County
  2. Rockford 25 Winnebago County
  3. Springfield 16 Sangamon County
  4. Peoria 14 Peoria County
  5. Aurora 13 Kane County
  6. Elgin 11 Kane County
  7. Belleville 10 Saint Clair County
  8. Champaign 10 Champaign County
  9. Naperville 10 Dupage County

The biggest counties

By how many private schools each holds
  1. Cook County 442
  2. Dupage County 66
  3. Lake County 48
  4. Kane County 37
  5. Will County 34
  6. Madison County 30
  7. Winnebago County 28
  8. Saint Clair County 26
  9. Champaign County 21

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Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), Directory of Education Entities 2025-26: nonpublic schools. Released Jun 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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