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)
170031405703	1351	West Prairie North Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 N Washington St	Good Hope	61438	McDonough County	West Prairie CUSD 103	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 456-3920	154	12	12.9	63.6%	143 (92.9%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)	$16,892			$1,723			$15,169	31.5	44.7	1065	286
170993006139	1352	Garcia Lorca Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3231 N Springfield Ave	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-0950	615	51	12.1	90.6%	30 (4.9%)	5 (0.8%)	568 (92.4%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	$19,305			$3,511			$15,794	31.5	29.6	1406	54
170993001025	1353	Peck Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3826 W 58th St	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-2450	758	53	14.3	90.4%	11 (1.5%)	9 (1.2%)	737 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$18,608			$3,403			$15,205	31.5	25.8	1505	152
174224004249	1354	North Greene Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	403 W North St	Roodhouse	62082	Greene County	North Greene CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 589-4623	468	38	12.4	56.4%	449 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$12,587			$1,510			$11,077	31.4	44.2	1080	274
170993000591	1355	Bateman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4220 N Richmond St	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-5055	919	65	14.1	62.8%	186 (20.2%)	28 (3.0%)	627 (68.2%)	39 (4.2%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.6%)	$16,624			$2,656			$13,968	31.4	36.5	1249	106
172028002283	1356	South Jacksonville Elementary School	Public	K-5	1700 S West St	South Jacksonville	62650	Morgan County	Jacksonville School District 117	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 245-5514	299	19	15.4	51.8%	236 (78.9%)	16 (5.4%)	13 (4.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.7%)	$12,913			$1,501			$11,412	31.4	50.8	933	423
174158004167	1357	Frankfort Intermediate School	Public	3-6	800 N Cherry St	West Frankfort	62896	Franklin County	Frankfort CUSD 168	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 937-1412	419	33	12.6	54.9%	398 (95.0%)	8 (1.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$14,240			$1,367			$12,873	31.3	32.3	1337	20
173681003791	1358	F B Mccord Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8450 Nashville Ave	Burbank	60459	Cook County	Burbank School District 111	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 599-4411	264	17	15.3	1.1%	119 (45.1%)	2 (0.8%)	122 (46.2%)	11 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.4%)	$16,525			$1,034			$15,491	31.3	34.1	1302	56
170993000805	1359	Greeley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	832 W Sheridan Rd	Chicago	60613	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-5800	434	32	13.7	80.2%	32 (7.4%)	77 (17.7%)	298 (68.7%)	18 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$20,987			$3,731			$17,257	31.3	49.8	950	409
170993001031	1360	Washington H Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	9130 S University Ave	Chicago	60619	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-6225	233	20	11.6	97.0%	0 (0.0%)	217 (93.1%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$24,779			$5,218			$19,561	31.2	18.9	1711	351

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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.