Highest superintendent base salaries: Cook County, IL 2024-25

Superintendent base salaries across 139 Cook County, Illinois school districts, 2024-25. Dolton SD 148 leads at $500,000. ISBE; ranked by DistrictFacts.

Districts ranked: 139
Period: 2024-25
Publication floor: 8 districts
Tie rule: Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
County definition: The county holding the largest share of the district's land area (NCES EDGE, 2024–25).

ISBE Administrator and Teacher Salaries and Benefits (ATSB, SY 2024-25) Employment Information System (EIS) report: full-time District Superintendent base salary (position-level figure; individual names excluded).

Measure: District Superintendent base salary (EIS / ATSB).

Source: ISBE.

Data from Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) public files. DistrictFacts is not affiliated with or endorsed by any Illinois agency.

Ranked districts

1. Dolton SD 148 — $500,000
2. Schaumburg CCSD 54 — $361,678
3. Ford Heights SD 169 — $359,068
4. Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 — $349,607
5. Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5 — $338,135
6. Chicago Heights SD 170 — $335,987
7. Leyden CHSD 212 — $325,000
8. Niles Twp HSD 219 — $322,765
9. Palatine CCSD 15 — $320,635
10. Bloom Twp HSD 206 — $320,226
11. New Trier Twp HSD 203 — $313,259
12. Glenbrook HSD 225 — $311,800
13. Rich Twp HSD 227 — $307,466
14. Matteson ESD 162 — $299,375
15. Wilmette SD 39 — $299,291
16. Skokie SD 69 — $298,974
17. Fairview SD 72 — $298,340
18. Thornton Twp HSD 205 — $298,314
19. Lemont Twp HSD 210 — $298,158
20. Glenview CCSD 34 — $292,126
21. Township HSD 214 — $291,200
22. SD U-46 — $290,812
23. Reavis Twp HSD 220 — $289,223
24. Evanston Twp HSD 202 — $288,750
25. Dolton SD 149 — $286,000
26. Glencoe SD 35 — $283,433
27. Sunset Ridge SD 29 — $282,720
28. Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 — $279,889
29. Township HSD 211 — $276,875
30. Maine Township HSD 207 — $275,000
30. Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 — $275,000
32. Northbrook/Glenview SD 30 — $274,300
33. Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95 — $272,695
34. Comm Cons SD 59 — $269,427
35. Schiller Park SD 81 — $266,327
36. River Forest SD 90 — $265,816
37. Barrington CUSD 220 — $265,000
37. Northbrook SD 28 — $265,000
39. Rhodes SD 84-5 — $263,500
40. Lyons Twp HSD 204 — $262,254
41. Niles ESD 71 — $262,217
42. Wheeling CCSD 21 — $261,676
43. Ridgewood CHSD 234 — $261,214
44. Cicero SD 99 — $260,000
45. Northbrook ESD 27 — $259,000
46. Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126 — $257,258
47. Kenilworth SD 38 — $256,646
48. Riverside-Brookfield Twp SD 208 — $256,290
49. South Holland SD 151 — $251,936
50. J S Morton HSD 201 — $250,112
51. East Maine SD 63 — $250,000
51. Evanston CCSD 65 — $250,000
53. Winnetka SD 36 — $249,716
54. Palos CCSD 118 — $249,591
55. Avoca SD 37 — $249,478
56. Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A — $249,000
57. Lincolnwood SD 74 — $247,000
58. CHSD 218 — $245,575
59. Park Ridge CCSD 64 — $244,900
60. West Northfield SD 31 — $239,832
61. CCSD 146 — $238,164
62. Oak Park ESD 97 — $238,117
63. La Grange SD 105 South — $237,667
64. Burbank SD 111 — $236,997
65. Prospect Heights SD 23 — $234,500
66. Flossmoor SD 161 — $233,655
67. Riverside SD 96 — $231,802
68. Steger SD 194 — $230,000
69. Berwyn North SD 98 — $228,805
70. CCSD 62 — $228,124
71. East Prairie SD 73 — $228,122
72. Bremen CHSD 228 — $227,094
73. Arlington Heights SD 25 — $225,500
74. Cons HSD 230 — $224,952
75. Western Springs SD 101 — $223,835
76. Golf ESD 67 — $223,785
77. Westchester SD 92-5 — $223,155
78. Berwyn South SD 100 — $223,059
79. Pleasantdale SD 107 — $222,789
80. Argo CHSD 217 — $222,548
81. LaGrange Highlands SD 106 — $222,310
82. Oak Lawn CHSD 229 — $222,000
83. Sunnybrook SD 171 — $221,071
84. Lansing SD 158 — $219,780
85. River Trails SD 26 — $216,168
86. Mount Prospect SD 57 — $215,784
87. Pennoyer SD 79 — $215,725
88. Franklin Park SD 84 — $215,308
89. Orland SD 135 — $215,173
90. Skokie SD 68 — $215,000
91. Hillside SD 93 — $211,155
92. Forest Park SD 91 — $210,797
93. Summit SD 104 — $210,000
94. Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157 — $207,631
95. Worth SD 127 — $207,551
96. Forest Ridge SD 142 — $206,583
97. Bellwood SD 88 — $206,042
98. Brookwood SD 167 — $205,708
99. Calumet Public SD 132 — $205,651
100. Prairie-Hills ESD 144 — $205,000
100. Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215 — $205,000
102. Gen George Patton SD 133 — $203,963
103. CCSD 168 — $203,862
104. Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123 — $203,781
105. Lincoln ESD 156 — $202,700
106. Lindop SD 92 — $202,248
107. Palos Heights SD 128 — $202,155
108. Elmwood Park CUSD 401 — $200,096
109. ESD 159 — $200,000
109. Harvey SD 152 — $200,000
109. Indian Springs SD 109 — $200,000
112. Homewood SD 153 — $199,657
113. Central Stickney SD 110 — $198,412
114. River Grove SD 85-5 — $198,223
115. Morton Grove SD 70 — $198,000
116. Calumet City SD 155 — $197,952
117. Berkeley SD 87 — $196,630
118. Atwood Heights SD 125 — $195,637
119. Cook County SD 130 — $195,000
119. Midlothian SD 143 — $195,000
121. Ridgeland SD 122 — $190,684
122. Kirby SD 140 — $190,000
123. Sandridge SD 172 — $189,901
124. Evergreen Park ESD 124 — $189,280
125. Chicago Ridge SD 127-5 — $188,343
126. Lyons SD 103 — $183,175
127. Hazel Crest SD 152-5 — $180,000
127. Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 — $180,000
129. Komarek SD 94 — $178,639
130. Union Ridge SD 86 — $177,730
131. Mannheim SD 83 — $176,296
132. Burnham SD 154-5 — $173,616
133. South Holland SD 150 — $173,250
134. Rosemont ESD 78 — $173,040
135. Norridge SD 80 — $170,000
136. North Palos SD 117 — $165,000
137. Country Club Hills SD 160 — $162,500
138. Willow Springs SD 108 — $159,135
139. W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147 — $151,200

Not ranked

Arbor Park SD 145 — latest figure is for 2023-2024
Evergreen Park CHSD 231 — latest figure is for 2023-2024
La Grange SD 102 — no figure in the state's file
Park Forest SD 163 — latest figure is for 2023-2024
Proviso Twp HSD 209 — no figure in the state's file
Skokie SD 73-5 — latest figure is for 2023-2024
Thornton SD 154 — no figure in the state's file