Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Illinois test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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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)
170816004561	181	Cambridge Community Grade School	Public	PK, KG-5	312 S West St	Cambridge	61238	Henry County	Cambridge CUSD 227	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 937-2028	234	17	13.3	48.3%	224 (95.7%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.3%)	$12,624			$2,119			$10,505	90.3	81.5	349	168
170993000950	182	Mayer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2250 N Clifton Ave	Chicago	60614	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5535	673	46	14.6	10.4%	453 (67.3%)	54 (8.0%)	67 (10.0%)	38 (5.6%)	4 (0.6%)	8 (1.2%)	49 (7.3%)	$16,458			$2,007			$14,451	90.3	93	127	55
170414000101	183	Windsor Elementary School	Public	K-5	1315 E Miner St	Arlington Heights	60004	Cook County	Arlington Heights School District 25	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 398-4297	458	40	11.3	10.7%	357 (77.9%)	6 (1.3%)	52 (11.4%)	42 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$21,297			$577			$20,720	90.3	90.4	173	10
173474003635	184	Campanelli Elementary School	Public	K-6	310 S Springinsguth Rd	Schaumburg	60193	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 357-5333	564	37	15		261 (46.3%)	13 (2.3%)	84 (14.9%)	174 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.7%)	$15,685			$747			$14,939	90.3	92.8	131	53
173717003856	185	Munhall Elementary School	Public	K-5	1400 S 13th Ave	Saint Charles	60174	Kane County	St Charles CUSD 303	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(331) 228-2600	575	40	14.4	20.9%	444 (77.2%)	4 (0.7%)	82 (14.3%)	19 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	$16,639			$627			$16,012	90.2	84.7	280	95
172494006381	186	Wingate Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	150 Wingate Blvd	Shiloh	62221	St. Clair County	Mascoutah CUD 19	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 746-4802	497	33	15.2	18.1%	315 (63.4%)	71 (14.3%)	44 (8.9%)	16 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.1%)	$13,673			$819			$12,854	90.1	79.9	374	188
174169000219	187	Reba O Steck Elementary School	Public	K-5	460 Inverness Dr	Aurora	60504	DuPage County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 375-3500	660	39	16.8	17.1%	219 (33.2%)	60 (9.1%)	83 (12.6%)	253 (38.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.1%)	$12,703			$886			$11,817	90.1	86.6	247	60
172771002942	188	Scott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Warwick Dr	Naperville	60565	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 420-6477	419	37	11.2	29.4%	268 (64.0%)	57 (13.6%)	26 (6.2%)	46 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (4.8%)	$20,305			$689			$19,616	90.1	92.2	139	49
174248004269	189	Sherman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	312 South St	Sherman	62684	Sangamon County	Williamsville CUSD 15	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 496-2021	528	39	13.5	15.3%	494 (93.6%)	10 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$10,776			$184			$10,592	89.9	93.9	107	82
172793002957	190	Nettle Creek Elementary School	Public	K-8	8820 Scott School Rd	Morris	60450	Grundy County	Nettle Creek CCSD 24C	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 942-0511	81	11	7.2	3.7%	73 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,294			$68			$19,225	89.9			(n/a)

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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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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.