Report: Best Chicago Area Schools, Ranked

Chicago magazine has released a list of top schools in Chicago and its suburbs--and this year the publication used a new combined method to determine the results.

The publication says it talked to professionals and educators both in and outside the ranked school systems and enlisted the help of a nonprofit research firm, TI International, to produce the lists. 

Here are some of the best public schools in suburban Cook County according to Chicago magazine:

1. Middlefork Primary School in Northfield

2. MacArthur International Spanish Academy in Hoffman Estates

3. Sunset Ridge School in Northfield

4. Shabonee School in Northbrook

5. Elders-Salk Elementary School in Schaumburg 

Here are some of the magazine's top ranked public high schools in the city:

1. Walter Payton College Preparatory High School

2. Northside College Preparatory High School

3. Whitney M. Young Magnet High School

4. William Jones College Preparatory High School

5. Albert G. Lane Technical High School

You can see more rankings of schools in different counties and districts here.

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