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)
170993004956	1851	Morton Elementary Career Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	431 N Troy St	Chicago	60612	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6791	214	27	7.9	84.6%	18 (8.4%)	151 (70.6%)	39 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$24,593			$4,306			$20,287	15	25.6	1511	340
174125004125	1852	Carman-Buckner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 Helmholz Ave	Waukegan	60085	Lake County	Waukegan CUSD 60	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(224) 303-1500	485	38	12.7	85.8%	4 (0.8%)	85 (17.5%)	382 (78.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	$24,320			$2,068			$22,252	15	15.7	1839	13
170993000672	1853	Cook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8150 S Bishop St	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-3315	283	21	13.4	90.5%	0 (0.0%)	265 (93.6%)	15 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$22,432			$4,145			$18,288	15	14.1	1907	54
170993001171	1854	Young Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1434 N Parkside Ave	Chicago	60651	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6200	401	30	13.3	96.3%	2 (0.5%)	296 (73.8%)	97 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,217			$3,764			$16,452	14.9	15.3	1855	1
171179001391	1855	Meade Park Elementary School	Public	K-4	200 S Kansas Ave	Danville	61834	Vermilion County	Danville CCSD 118	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 444-1925	312	19	16.8	96.2%	92 (29.5%)	153 (49.0%)	28 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.9%)	$22,088			$6,104			$15,984	14.8	12.7	1948	93
170993006497	1856	Acero Charter - Officer Marquez Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	2916 W 47th St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 321-2200	517	33	15.6	96.1%	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	510 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,429			$2,268			$15,161	14.8	17.9	1765	91
173849004850	1857	V I T Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1502 E US Highway 136	Table Grove	61482	Fulton County	V I T Cusd 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 758-5138	176	17	10.4	51.7%	167 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	$15,295			$2,025			$13,270	14.8	38.3	1197	660
172472002680	1858	Chateaux School	Public	PK, KG-5	3600 Chambord Ln	Hazel Crest	60429	Cook County	Prairie-Hills Education Service District 144	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 335-9776	271	17	15.9	95.2%	2 (0.7%)	255 (94.1%)	11 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$17,935			$3,198			$14,738	14.8	18.9	1712	146
170993001608	1859	Little Village Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2620 S Lawndale Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1880	566	55	10.2	94.2%	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	560 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,360			$3,698			$16,663	14.8	20	1684	175
173708003818	1860	Dubois Elementary School	Public	K-5	120 S Lincoln Ave	Springfield	62704	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 787-3066	438	29	15.1	64.2%	118 (26.9%)	245 (55.9%)	6 (1.4%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (14.4%)	$20,750			$4,088			$16,661	14.8	18.5	1734	126

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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.

Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.