Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2067)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
170993000892	1531	Kipling Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9351 S Lowe Ave	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-3151	230	19	12.1	84.8%	0 (0.0%)	226 (98.3%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$23,105			$3,137			$19,968	25.5	20.4	1675	144
170993006243	1532	Catalyst Charter - Maria Elementary School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6727 S California Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 993-1770	1,095	94	11.6	94.7%	16 (1.5%)	462 (42.2%)	607 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.8%)	$20,210			$2,097			$18,113	25.4	19.7	1693	161
170996001228	1533	Wilson Elementary School	Public	K-5	422 W 16th Pl	Chicago Heights	60411	Cook County	Chicago Heights School District 170	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 756-4839	181	11	16.4	99.4%	1 (0.6%)	97 (53.6%)	83 (45.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,799			$4,302			$18,498	25.4	27.6	1458	75
174125004139	1534	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	110 S Orchard Ave	Waukegan	60085	Lake County	Waukegan CUSD 60	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(224) 303-2220	400	29	13.9	74.8%	6 (1.5%)	37 (9.3%)	353 (88.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$22,334			$2,187			$20,147	25.4	20.6	1663	129
170993000956	1535	McCutcheon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4865 N Sheridan Rd	Chicago	60640	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-2680	301	33	9.2	90.4%	21 (7.0%)	147 (48.8%)	75 (24.9%)	42 (14.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	$29,310			$5,574			$23,735	25.3	24.3	1542	7
171125001342	1536	Balmoral Elementary School	Public	K-5	1124 W New Monee Rd	Crete	60417	Will County	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 367-2500	440	26	16.7	99.1%	91 (20.7%)	235 (53.4%)	92 (20.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	$17,572			$1,564			$16,008	25.2	20.2	1678	142
171608001931	1537	King School	Public	K-4	1018 S Farnham St	Galesburg	61401	Knox County	Galesburg CUSD 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 973-2012	531	36	14.7	85.9%	271 (51.0%)	110 (20.7%)	52 (9.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	96 (18.1%)	$13,044			$1,022			$12,023	25.2	21.6	1617	80
174155000775	1538	Currier Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Garys Mill Rd	West Chicago	60185	DuPage County	West Chicago Education Service District 33	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 293-6600	342	33	10.3	66.1%	18 (5.3%)	7 (2.0%)	302 (88.3%)	12 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$25,546			$1,108			$24,439	25.2	28.6	1434	104
173451003587	1539	Rolling Green	Public	K-5	3615 W Gate Pkwy	Rockford	61108	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 229-2881	486	37	13.2	73.7%	193 (39.7%)	111 (22.8%)	94 (19.3%)	41 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	44 (9.1%)	$21,237			$3,773			$17,464	25.2	15.9	1832	293
170561000231	1540	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-6	820 Royal Heights Rd	Belleville	62226	St. Clair County	Belleville School District 118	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 233-2414	512	34	15.1	78.9%	130 (25.4%)	325 (63.5%)	19 (3.7%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.4%)	$17,119			$2,768			$14,351	25.2	19.2	1707	167

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
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