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)
172574002783	491	Metamora Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	815 E Chatham St	Metamora	61548	Woodford County	Metamora CCSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 367-2361	827	54	15.3	17.3%	763 (92.3%)	3 (0.4%)	26 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.9%)	$10,347			$254			$10,093	74.1	90	184	307
173042005441	492	Frank C Whiteley Elementary School	Public	K-6	4335 Haman Ave	Hoffman Estates	60192	Cook County	Palatine CCSD 15	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 963-7200	555	36	15.2	18.6%	222 (40.0%)	18 (3.2%)	33 (5.9%)	260 (46.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.4%)	$15,687			$677			$15,010	74.1	85.4	271	221
170522000200	493	Alice Gustafson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	905 Carlisle Rd	Batavia	60510	Kane County	Batavia Unified School District 101	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 937-8000	400	30	13.1	15.3%	323 (80.8%)	5 (1.3%)	51 (12.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.5%)	$19,567			$820			$18,748	73.9	75	466	27
170993000890	494	Kinzie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5625 S Mobile Ave	Chicago	60638	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-2425	669	51	13.1	58.4%	105 (15.7%)	26 (3.9%)	525 (78.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	$20,643			$2,729			$17,914	73.8	69.3	578	84
170141306296	495	Hedding Grade School	Public	PK, KG-5	401 W Latimer St	Abingdon	61410	Knox County	Abingdon-Avon CUSD 276	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 462-2363	366	31	11.8	52.5%	317 (86.6%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.3%)	$16,016			$942			$15,073	73.8	46.3	1031	536
174104004108	496	Lincoln Grade School	Public	PK, KG-4	303 Jackson St	Washington	61571	Tazewell County	Washington School District 52	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 444-3321	484	31	15.6	30.6%	437 (90.3%)	12 (2.5%)	18 (3.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	$11,097			$452			$10,645	73.7	60.8	732	236
171548001863	497	Lee R Foster Elementary School	Public	1-5	5931 School St	Oak Forest	60452	Cook County	Forest Ridge School District 142	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 687-4763	395	27	14.7	44.1%	198 (50.1%)	32 (8.1%)	131 (33.2%)	14 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	$12,964			$1,012			$11,952	73.5	69.9	566	69
171135004457	498	Glacier Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	1120 Village Rd	Crystal Lake	60014	McHenry County	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 477-5518	399	37	10.7	23.6%	276 (69.2%)	19 (4.8%)	58 (14.5%)	37 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$19,250			$806			$18,444	73.5	63.9	674	176
173942006347	499	Wesclin Middle School	Public	4-8	10003 State Route 160	Trenton	62293	Clinton County	Wesclin CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 224-7355	475	36	13.2	25.9%	407 (85.7%)	6 (1.3%)	35 (7.4%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.4%)	$9,582			$1,022			$8,560	73.4	70.4	555	56
171371001706	500	Wayne Elementary School	Public	K-6	5N443 School St	Wayne	60184	DuPage County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 736-7100	348	22	15.6	16.4%	221 (63.5%)	2 (0.6%)	54 (15.5%)	55 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.3%)	$18,032			$1,354			$16,678	73.3	75.7	453	47

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About our rankings:

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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Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.