Illinois · Pipeline Atlas
Every Illinois high school feeding college sport.
1,962 schools tracked. 686 feeders.
Football is the engine, accounting for 54.3% of all college placements.
Source · 1,900+ NCAA rosters/NCES verified/5yr rolling window
Schools tracked
1,962
Top sport
Football
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier.
The Leaderboard
Top 25 Illinois feeders.
The top 25 out of 686 Illinois feeders, ranked by college roster volume over the last 5 years. Schools whose roster links we are still checking are left out. Visit the national index to search all 686 by name.
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Illinois high schools A to Z
Every Illinois high school with alumni on the college rosters we track.
A
- A B Shepard High Sch (Campus)
- A-C Central High School
- Abingdon-Avon High Sch
- Addison Trail High School
- Adlai E Stevenson High School
- Air Force Acad High School
- Alden-Hebron High School
- Alleman High School
- Alta Vista Montessori School
- Altamont High School
- Althoff Catholic High School
- Alton High School
- Alwood Middle/High School
- Amboy High School
- Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
- Amundsen High School
- Anna-Jonesboro High School
- Annawan High School
- Antioch Comm High School
- Aquin Elementary Junior Senior High School
- Arc
- Arcola High School
- Argenta-Oreana High School
- Argo Community High School
- Arthur Christian School
- Aspire Alternative High School
- Astoria High School
- Athens Sr High School
- Auburn High School (Auburn)
- Auburn High School (Rockford)
- Aurora Central Catholic High School
B
- Barrington High School
- Bartlett High School
- Batavia Sr High School
- Beacon Academy
- Beardstown Christian Academy
- Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
- Belleville Christian School
- Belleville High School-East
- Belleville Twp HS-Night/Alt Sch
- Belvidere High School
- Belvidere North High Sch
- Bement High School
- Benton Cons High School
- Bishop McNamara Catholic School
- Bloom High School
- Bloom Trail High School
- Bloomington High School
- Bogan High School
- Bolingbrook High School
- Bond Cty Comm Unit 2 High School
- Bowen High School
- Boylan Catholic HS
- Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School
- Bremen High School
- Brimfield High School
- Brooks College Prep Academy HS
- Brown County High School
- Buffalo Grove High School
- Bureau Valley High School
- Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch
- Byron High School 9-12
C
- Cahokia High School
- Cairo Jr/Sr High School
- Calhoun High School
- Calvary Academy
- Cambridge Jr/Sr High School
- Camelot Safe Academy School
- Canton High School
- Carbondale Comm HS
- Carl Sandburg High School
- Carlinville High School
- Carlyle High School
- Carmi-White County High School
- Carrollton High School
- Carterville High School
- Carver Military Academy HS
- Cary-Grove Community High School
- Casey-Westfield Jr/Sr HS
- Centennial High School
- Central A & M High School
- Central Comm High School
- Central High School (Camp Point)
- Central High School (Champaign)
- Central High School (Clifton)
- Centralia High School
- Century Jr/Sr High School
- Chadwick-Milledgeville Jr HS
- Champaign Co Detention Center
- Charleston High School
- Chester High School
- Chicago Academy High School
- Chicago Collegiate Charter School
- Chicago Hope Academy
- Chicago HS For Agricult Sciences
- Christ Lutheran High School
- Christ Our Rock Lutheran High School
- Christ The King
- Christian Liberty Academy
- Cics - Longwood Campus
- Cics - Northtown Campus
- Civic Memorial High School
- Clark Acad Prep Magnet High Schl
- Clay Academy
- Clinton High School
- Coal City High School
- Cobden High School
- Collinsville Area Career Ctr
- Collinsville High School
- Columbia High School
- Comm HS Dist 99 - South High Sch
- Corliss High School
- Cornerstone Academy
- Cowden-Herrick Jr/Sr High School
- Crane Medical Prep HS
- Crete-Monee High School
- Cristo Rey St. Martin
- Crossroad Learning Center
- Crystal Lake Central High School
- Crystal Lake South High School
- Cs Academy
- Curie Metropolitan High School
D
- Dakota Jr Sr High School
- Danville High School
- Dd Eisenhower High Sch (Campus)
- De La Salle Institute - Institute Campus
- Dee-Mack High School
- Deerfield High School
- Dekalb High School
- Delavan High School
- Depaul College Prep
- Depue High School
- Dieterich Jr/Sr High School
- Dixon High School
- Douglass Academy High School
- Du Quoin High School
- Dundee-Crown High School
- Dunlap High School
- Dupage Montessori School - Wheaton
- Dupo High School
- Durand High School
- Dwight High School
E
- East Aurora HS Rssp
- East Dubuque High School
- East High School
- East Leyden High School
- East Peoria High School
- East St Louis Senior High School
- Eastland Jr/Sr High School
- Edinburg High School
- Edwards County High School
- Edwardsville High School
- Effingham High School
- Eisenhower High School
- El Paso-Gridley High School
- Eldorado High School
- Elgin High School
- Elk Grove High School
- Elmwood High School
- Elmwood Park High School
- Epic Academy High School
- Erie High School
- Eureka High School
- Evanston Twp High School
- Evergreen Park High School
F
- Fairfield Comm High School
- Farmington Central High Sch
- Father McGivney Catholic HS
- Fenger Academy High School
- Fenton High School
- Fenwick High School
- Fieldcrest High School
- Fisher Jr/Sr High School
- Flanagan-Cornell High School
- Flora High School
- Forreston Jr/Sr High Sch
- Frankfort Comm High School
- Franklin Jr/Sr High School
- Freeburg Community High Sch
- Freeport High School
- Fulton High School
G
- Galena High School
- Galesburg Senior High School
- Gcms High School
- Geneseo High School
- Geneva Community High School
- Genoa-Kingston High School
- Gibault Catholic
- Gillespie High School
- Glenbard East High School
- Glenbard North High School
- Glenbard South High School
- Glenbard West High School
- Glenbrook North High School
- Glenbrook South High School
- Glenwood High School
- Goode Stem Academy HS
- Goreville High School
- Grace Christian Academy
- Granite City High School
- Grant Community High School
- Grant Park High School
- Grayslake Central High School
- Grayslake North High School
- Greenfield High School
- Greenview Jr/Sr High School
- Guilford High School
H
- H L Richards High Sch(Campus)
- Hall High School
- Hamilton County Jr/Sr High School
- Hamilton High School
- Hampshire High School
- Hancock College Preparatory HS
- Harlan Community Academy HS
- Harlem High School
- Harrisburg High School
- Harry D Jacobs High School
- Harvard High School
- Harvest Christian Academy
- Havana High School
- Heartland Technical Academy
- Herscher High School
- Heyworth Jr-Sr High School
- Hiawatha Jr/Sr High School
- Highland High School
- Highland Park High School
- Hillcrest High School
- Hillsboro High School
- Hinckley-Big Rock High School
- Hinsdale Adventist Academy
- Hinsdale Central High School
- Hinsdale South High School
- Hoffman Estates High School
- Homewood-Flossmoor High School
- Hononegah Chd High School
- Hubbard High School
- Huntley High School
- Hyde Park Academy High School
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J
- J B Conant High School
- J Sterling Morton East High Sch
- J Sterling Morton Freshman Cntr
- J Sterling Morton West High Sch
- Jacksonville High School
- Jefferson High School
- Jersey Comm High School
- John Hersey High School
- Johnsburg High School
- Johnston City High School
- Joliet Catholic Academy
- Joliet Central High School
- Joliet West High School
- Jones College Prep High School
- Joseph Academy
- Josephinum Academy Of The Sacred Heart
- Julian High School
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L
- La Salle Peru Christian School
- La Salle-Peru Twp High School
- Lahr-Well Christian Academy (L-W Academy)
- Lake Forest Academy
- Lake Forest High School
- Lake Park High School
- Lake School
- Lake View High School
- Lake Zurich High School
- Lakes Community High School
- Lane Technical High School
- Lanphier High School
- Laremont School
- Larkin High School
- Lawrence Hall School
- Lawrenceville High School
- Lebanon High School
- Leland High School
- Lemont Twp High School
- Leo Catholic High School
- Leroy High School
- Lewistown Jr/Sr High School
- Lexington High School
- Liberty High School
- Libertyville High School
- Limestone Community High School
- Lincoln Comm High School
- Lincoln Park High School
- Lincoln Way West
- Lincoln-Way Central High School
- Lincoln-Way East High School
- Lincolnland Technical Ed Ctr
- Lincolnwood High School
- Lindblom Math & Science Acad HS
- Lisle High School
- Litchfield Senior High School
- Lockport Township High Sch East
- Loyola Academy
- Lutheran School Association
- Lycee Francais De Chicago
- Lyons Twp High Sch
M
- Macarthur High School
- Macomb Senior High School
- Madison Senior High School
- Mahomet-Seymour High School
- Maine East High School
- Maine South High School
- Maine West High School
- Manteno High School
- Manual High School
- Marengo High School
- Marian Catholic High School
- Marian Central Catholic High School
- Marion High School
- Marissa Jr & Sr High School
- Marmion Academy
- Maroa-Forsyth Senior High Sch
- Marquette Academy
- Marquette Catholic High School
- Marquette Manor Baptist Academy
- Marshall High School
- Marshall Metropolitan High School
- Martinsville Jr- Sr High School
- Maryville Christian School
- Maryville Jen School
- Mascoutah High School
- Massac County High School
- Mater Dei High School
- Mather High School
- Mattoon High School
- McHenry Community High School
- Mendota Twp High School
- Mercer County High School
- Meridian High School
- Metamora High School
- Metea Valley High School
- Midland High School
- Midwest Central High School
- Minooka Academy
- Minooka Community High School
- Mississippi Valley Christian School
- Moline Sr High School
- Momence High School
- Monmouth-Roseville High Sch
- Montessori Children'S House Of N. Barrington
- Monticello High School
- Mooseheart Child City And School Inc
- Morgan Park High School
- Morris Community High School
- Morrison High School
- Morton High School
- Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
- Mount Carmel High School (Chicago)
- Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel)
- Mount Vernon High School
- Mt Zion High School
- Mundelein Cons High School
- Murphysboro High School
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- Naperville Central High School
- Naperville Christian Academy
- Naperville North High School
- Nashville Comm High School
- Nazareth Academy
- Neoga Jr/Sr High School
- Neuqua Valley High School
- New Berlin High School
- New Hope Christian Academy Of Southern Illinois
- New Tech High - Zion-Benton East
- New Trier Township HS Northfield
- New Trier Township HS Winnetka
- Newman Central Catholic High School
- Newton Comm High School
- Niles Central
- Niles North High School
- Niles West High School
- Noble St Chtr Rauner College Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Butler - Crimson
- Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Comer College Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Golder College Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr
- Noble St Chtr-Itw Speer Acad
- Noble St Chtr-Johnson Colg Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Muchin College Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Pritzker Col Prep
- Noble St Chtr-Uic College Prep
- Normal Community High School
- Normal Community West High School
- North Boone High School
- North Chicago Community High Sch
- North Clay Community High School
- North Greene Jr/Sr High Sch
- North Lawndale Prep Chtr - Christ
- North Mac High School
- North Shore Country Day School
- North-Grand High School
- Northminster Learning Center
- Northridge Preparatory School
- Northside College Preparatory HS
- Northwestern High School
- Notre Dame Academy
O
- O Fallon High School
- Oak Forest High School
- Oak Lawn Comm High School
- Oak Park & River Forest High Sch
- Oakwood High School
- Ogden Int High School
- Ohio Community High School
- Okaw Valley High School
- Okawville Jr/Sr High School
- Olympia High School
- Orangeville High School
- Oregon Jr/Sr High School
- Orion High School
- Orr Academy High School
- Oswego East High School
- Oswego High School
- Ottawa Township High School
P
- Palatine High School
- Pana Christian Academy
- Pana Sr High School
- Paris Cooperative High School
- Park View Montessori School - Mount Prospect
- Parkview Christian Academy
- Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch
- Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School
- Payton College Preparatory HS
- Pecatonica High School
- Pekin Community High School
- Peoria Christian School
- Peoria Heights High School
- Peoria High School
- Peoria Notre Dame High School
- Peotone High School
- Perspectives Chtr - HS Of Tech
- Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac
- Phillips Academy High School
- Phoenix Military Academy HS
- Pinckneyville Comm High School
- Pittsfield High School
- Plainfield East High School
- Plainfield High School
- Plainfield North High School
- Plainfield South High School
- Plano High School
- Pleasant Hill High School
- Pleasant Plains High School
- Polo Comm High School
- Pontiac High School
- Pope Co High School
- Porta High School
- Prairie Central High School
- Prairie Ridge High School
- Prairie School Of Dupage
- Premier Academy Morris
- Princeton High School
- Princeville High School
- Prophetstown High School
- Prospect High School
- Prosser Career Academy HS
- Providence Catholic High School
- Proviso East High School
- Proviso Math And Science Academy
- Proviso West High School
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- Raby High School
- Ramsey High School
- Rantoul Twp High School
- Reavis High School
- Red Bud High School
- Red Hill Jr/Sr High School
- Reed-Custer High School
- Regina Dominican HS
- Resurrection College Prep High School
- Rich Township High School
- Rich Township Star Academy
- Richards Career Academy HS
- Richland County High School
- Richmond-Burton High School
- Richwoods High School
- Rickover Naval Academy High Schl
- Ridgeview High School
- Ridgewood Comm High School
- Riverdale Sr High School
- Riverside Brookfield Twp HS
- Riverton High School
- Roanoke-Benson High School
- Robinson High School
- Rochelle Twp High School
- Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
- Rochester High School
- Rock Falls Township High School
- Rock Island High School
- Rockford Christian Schools
- Rockford East High School
- Rockford Lutheran School
- Rockridge High School
- Rolling Meadows High School
- Romeoville High School
- Roosevelt High School
- Rosary High School
- Round Lake Senior High School
- Routt Catholic High School
- Roxana Sr High School
- Rushville-Industry High School
S
- Sacred Heart Griffin High School
- Salem Community High School
- Salt Fork High School
- Sandwich Community High School
- Sangamon Valley High School
- Schaumburg High School
- Schlarman Academy
- Schurz High School
- Seneca High School
- Senn High School
- Sesser-Valier High School
- Seton Academy
- Seymour High School
- Shelbyville High School
- Sherrard High School
- Shiloh High School
- Simeon Career Academy High School
- Siu Charter Sch Of East St Louis
- Solorio Academy High School
- Somonauk High School
- South Beloit Sr High School
- South Central High School
- South Elgin High School
- South Fork Jr Sr High School
- South Shore Intl Col Prep HS
- Southland College Prep Chtr HS
- Southwestern High School
- Springfield High School
- Springfield Learning Academy
- Springfield Southeast High Sch
- Spry Community Links High School
- St Ann School
- St Anthony High School
- St Benedict Preparatory School
- St Charles East High School
- St Charles North High School
- St Edward Central Catholic High School
- St Francis High School
- St Giles School
- St Ignatius College Prep
- St Jerome School, Santa Lucia Campus
- St Joseph-Ogden High School
- St Laurence HS
- St Mary School
- St Paul Elementary School
- St Rita Of Cascia High School
- St Teresa High School
- St Walter School
- Stark County High School
- Staunton High School
- Steeleville High School
- Steinmetz College Prep HS
- Sterling High School
- Stewardson-Strasburg High School
- Stillman Valley High School
- Stockton Sr High School
- Streamwood High School
- Streator Twp High School
- Sullivan High School (Chicago)
- Sullivan High School (Sullivan)
- Summit School
- Sycamore High School
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- Taft High School
- Taylorville Sr High School
- Teutopolis High School
- The High School Of Saint Thomas More
- The Latin School Of Chicago
- Thomas Kelly College Preparatory
- Thornridge High School
- Thornton Fractnl So High School
- Thornton Township High School
- Thornwood High School
- Tinley Park High School
- Tremont High School
- Tri-City High School
- Tri-Valley High School
- Triad High School
- Trinity Christian School
- Trinity High School
- Triopia Jr-Sr High School
- Tuscola High School
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W
- Walter Henri Dyett HS For Arts
- Walther Christian Academy
- Waltonville High School
- Warren Township High School
- Warrensburg-Latham High School
- Warsaw Sr High School
- Washington Comm High School
- Washington G High School
- Waterloo High School
- Watseka Comm High School
- Waubonsie Valley High School
- Wauconda High School
- Waukegan High School
- Waverly Jr/Sr High School
- Wayne City High School
- Webber High School
- Wesclin Sr High School
- West Aurora High School
- West Carroll High School
- West Central High School
- West Chicago Comm High School
- West Leyden High School
- Western High School
- Westinghouse High School
- Westlake Christian Academy
- Westmont High School
- Westville High School
- Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School
- Wheaton North High School
- Wheaton Warrenville South HS
- Wheeling High School
- Williamsfield High School
- Williamsville High School
- Willowbrook High School
- Willows Academy
- Wilmington High School
- Winchester High School
- Winnebago High School
- Wm Fremd High School
- Wolcott School
- Woodland High School
- Woodstock High School
- Woodstock North High School
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Illinois recruiting, answered.
01
Which Illinois high schools send the most athletes to college?
The leaderboard above shows the top 25 by volume. RawRecruit tracks 686 Illinois feeders. Search the national index to find any school in the database.
02
What sports drive Illinois' college pipeline?
Football leads with 54.3% of all placements, followed by Women's track & field at 13.3%. These numbers reflect verified roster placements at all college divisions, from FBS through JUCO, over a rolling 5-year window.
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How are Illinois high schools ranked on RawRecruit?
Rankings are based on verified college roster placements. RawRecruit scrapes rosters from 1,900+ schools, cross-references each athlete's high school against the NCES federal database, and counts placements per school over a rolling 5-year window. Tier assignments (Elite, Strong, Rising, Emerging) are percentile-based within each sport and college division.
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