Evanston Hospital maintains top safety grade; Saint Francis stagnates

In the Leapfrog Group’s spring 2026 hospital safety grades, Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital received top marks again, maintaining its straight-A record. Saint Francis Hospital, showed no improvement since fall 2025 and received another C grade.

Before the fall of 2025, Saint Francis had held “A” grades for three consecutive seasons.

Leapfrog calculates a complex set of scores from multiple variables, translating it into a letter grade. The resulting online report card breaks down the metrics and indicates whether a hospital performed better, about the same, or worse than the Leapfrog average…

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