Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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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)
170375000065	991	Davie Elementary School	Public	3-4	301 S Green St	Anna	62906	Union County	Anna CCSD 37	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 833-8022	117	11	10.8	59.0%	103 (88.0%)	3 (2.6%)	10 (8.5%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,367			$2,362			$11,006	47.5	18.9	1716	725
170993000984	992	Murray Elementary Language Academy	Public	K-8	5335 S Kenwood Ave	Chicago	60615	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-0585	445	30	14.8	60.2%	11 (2.5%)	396 (89.0%)	13 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	$17,009			$2,469			$14,540	47.4	47.3	1009	17
174007004031	993	Jonas E Salk Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 King Arthur Way	Bolingbrook	60440	Will County	Valley View CUSD 365U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 739-3603	423	41	10.2	64.8%	78 (18.4%)	107 (25.3%)	198 (46.8%)	25 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	$18,598			$997			$17,602	47.4	42.4	1124	131
173174002209	994	Lakewood Falls Elementary School	Public	K-5	14050 S Budler Rd	Plainfield	60544	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 439-4560	526	38	13.8	52.7%	159 (30.2%)	104 (19.8%)	200 (38.0%)	39 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.6%)	$14,726			$1,039			$13,687	47.4	49.7	952	42
173451001589	995	Montessori Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2021 Hawthorne Dr	Rockford	61107	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 654-4906	610	38	15.8	33.4%	332 (54.4%)	92 (15.1%)	109 (17.9%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	63 (10.3%)	$15,358			$888			$14,470	47.3	54.3	854	141
171824002107	996	Ralston Elementary School	Public	1-6	710 Ralston Rd	Machesney Park	61115	Winnebago County	Harlem UD 122	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 654-4505	284	19	14.8	45.4%	236 (83.1%)	3 (1.1%)	24 (8.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.7%)	$14,876			$2,119			$12,756	47.3	50.7	935	61
170579000257	997	Caledonia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2311 Randolph St	Caledonia	61011	Boone County	Belvidere CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 547-1977	411	27	15.1	50.1%	277 (67.4%)	8 (1.9%)	110 (26.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.4%)	$16,546			$14,177			$2,369	47.2	45.8	1036	39
174092004877	998	Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	508 E Walnut St	Washburn	61570	Marshall County	Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 248-7221	177	13	13.2	46.9%	170 (96.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$14,079			$678			$13,401	47.2	60.2	740	258
170438004527	999	Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	217 S Elm St	Franklin Grove	61031	Lee County	Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 456-2325	256	20	12.9	46.5%	225 (87.9%)	3 (1.2%)	22 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$15,078			$3,287			$11,791	47.2	46.9	1016	17
174396005211	1000	Yorkville Intermediate School	Public	4-6	103 E Schoolhouse Rd	Yorkville	60560	Kendall County	Yorkville CUSD 115	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 553-4384	691	47	14.7	25.3%	457 (66.1%)	42 (6.1%)	145 (21.0%)	12 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.8%)	$13,294			$409			$12,885	47.1	57	796	204

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.