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)
171397001751	121	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	565 S Fairfield Ave	Elmhurst	60126	DuPage County	Elmhurst School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 834-4548	510	29	17.6	3.5%	414 (81.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.6%)	26 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.1%)	$14,310			$265			$14,045	94.3	96.6	52	69
171397001745	122	Edison Elementary School	Public	K-5	246 S Fair Ave	Elmhurst	60126	DuPage County	Elmhurst School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 834-4272	281	40	6.9	3.6%	224 (79.7%)	2 (0.7%)	23 (8.2%)	13 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.8%)	$18,580			$455			$18,125	94.3	90	181	59
170993001067	123	Sauganash Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6040 N Kilpatrick Ave	Chicago	60646	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-3470	612	40	15.3	17.8%	301 (49.2%)	8 (1.3%)	126 (20.6%)	134 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (6.9%)	$15,672			$2,242			$13,430	94.2	90.6	169	46
171638006050	124	Fabyan Elementary School	Public	K-5	OS350 Grengs Ln	Geneva	60134	Kane County	Geneva CUSD 304	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 444-8600	219	19	11.5		180 (82.2%)	4 (1.8%)	18 (8.2%)	7 (3.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	$20,196			$512			$19,684	94.2	93.8	109	15
173399003492	125	Blythe Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	735 Leesley Rd	Riverside	60546	Cook County	Riverside School District 96	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 447-2168	195	17	11.4		114 (58.5%)	6 (3.1%)	61 (31.3%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.2%)	$22,393			$359			$22,033	94.1	86.6	246	121
174050004076	126	Arbor View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22W430 Ironwood Dr	Glen Ellyn	60137	DuPage County	Ccsd 89	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 469-5505	310	23	13.3	16.1%	164 (52.9%)	5 (1.6%)	35 (11.3%)	90 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.2%)	$18,496			$800			$17,695	94	91.9	151	25
174169003610	127	Wayne Builta Elementary School	Public	K-5	1835 Apple Valley Rd	Bolingbrook	60490	Will County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 226-4400	278	24	11.4	18.0%	64 (23.0%)	23 (8.3%)	30 (10.8%)	147 (52.9%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.6%)	$18,078			$943			$17,134	94	85.4	270	143
174218004217	128	Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1620 Mayo Ave	Wheaton	60189	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 682-2095	359	28	12.6	25.6%	234 (65.2%)	44 (12.3%)	35 (9.7%)	27 (7.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.0%)	$19,342			$842			$18,500	94	86.3	250	122
172160002423	129	Ogden Ave Elementary School	Public	K-6	501 W Ogden Ave	La Grange	60525	Cook County	La Grange School District 102	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 215-6600	599	41	14.7	1.2%	527 (88.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.8%)	$15,087			$469			$14,619	93.9	91	163	34
172889003030	130	Oak Ridge Elementary School	Public	2-5	8791 W 103rd St	Palos Hills	60465	Cook County	North Palos School District 117	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 233-5300	703	55	12.7	58.3%	474 (67.4%)	39 (5.5%)	113 (16.1%)	29 (4.1%)	13 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (4.7%)	$15,373			$1,478			$13,895	93.9	92.1	142	12

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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.