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)
170864006279	201	Carterville Intermediate School	Public	4-6	300 School St	Carterville	62918	Williamson County	Carterville CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 985-6411	518	34	15.1	43.8%	422 (81.5%)	21 (4.1%)	36 (6.9%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$10,717			$623			$10,094	89.4	81.9	339	138
174198004200	202	J T Manning Elementary School	Public	2-5	200 N Linden Ave	Westmont	60559	DuPage County	Cusd 201	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 468-8050	389	30	13	33.7%	233 (59.9%)	23 (5.9%)	91 (23.4%)	22 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	$22,943			$1,173			$21,770	89.3	69.6	572	370
173084003210	203	Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-5	2401 Manor Ln	Park Ridge	60068	Cook County	Park Ridge CCSD 64	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 318-4390	551	45	12.3		401 (72.8%)	3 (0.5%)	54 (9.8%)	63 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.1%)	$17,896			$486			$17,410	89.3	91.9	149	54
173174005732	204	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	14740 Meadow Ln	Plainfield	60544	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 577-4500	532	40	13.3	23.7%	313 (58.8%)	50 (9.4%)	91 (17.1%)	61 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	$14,957			$679			$14,278	89.2	90	182	22
171254001517	205	Whittier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	536 Hill St	Downers Grove	60515	DuPage County	Downers Grove GSD 58	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 719-5865	307	18	16.9		261 (85.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.5%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	$16,716			$516			$16,200	89.2	86.7	242	37
172680005284	206	Lettie Brown Elementary School	Public	K-6	2550 N Morton Ave	Morton	61550	Tazewell County	Morton CUSD 709	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 266-5309	360	20	18.1	6.1%	329 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$11,057			$275			$10,782	89.2	90.1	180	26
170993000988	207	Nettelhorst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3252 N Broadway St	Chicago	60657	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5810	625	51	12.3	18.4%	350 (56.0%)	51 (8.2%)	92 (14.7%)	59 (9.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	68 (10.9%)	$17,562			$2,580			$14,982	89.1	85	274	67
170993006603	208	Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz	Public	PK, KG-7	4120 W 57th St	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-8280	396	26	15.2	47.7%	22 (5.6%)	12 (3.0%)	359 (90.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,836			$2,568			$15,268	89	85.4	267	59
172976005722	209	Delores Moye Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1010 Moye School Rd	O Fallon	62269	St. Clair County	O Fallon CCSD 90	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 206-2300	595	40	14.8	23.2%	406 (68.2%)	88 (14.8%)	40 (6.7%)	17 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.1%)	$10,377			$621			$9,757	89	88	212	3
173174005969	210	Freedom Elementary School	Public	K-5	11600 Heritage Meadows Dr	Plainfield	60585	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 254-4005	548	37	15	24.1%	270 (49.3%)	31 (5.7%)	33 (6.0%)	158 (28.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (9.9%)	$13,707			$533			$13,175	88.9	91	162	48

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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.