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)
171125001343	1401	Crete Elementary School	Public	K-5	435 North St	Crete	60417	Will County	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 367-8430	389	30	13	99.2%	64 (16.5%)	200 (51.4%)	86 (22.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.0%)	$19,920			$1,282			$18,638	30	27.9	1453	52
172058002344	1402	T E Culbertson Elementary School	Public	K-5	1521 E Washington St	Joliet	60433	Will County	Joliet PSD 86	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 723-0035	407	16	25.9	93.6%	24 (5.9%)	67 (16.5%)	291 (71.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	$20,534			$1,808			$18,726	30	34.9	1286	116
174007005751	1403	Bernard J Ward Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Recreation Dr	Bolingbrook	60440	Will County	Valley View CUSD 365U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 972-9200	375	34	10.9	77.9%	21 (5.6%)	77 (20.5%)	241 (64.3%)	15 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	$23,838			$2,429			$21,409	30	23.7	1555	152
174155004162	1404	Pioneer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	615 Kenwood Ave	West Chicago	60185	DuPage County	West Chicago Education Service District 33	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 293-6040	343	32	10.7	74.1%	32 (9.3%)	12 (3.5%)	290 (84.5%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$28,559			$1,232			$27,326	29.9	29.4	1412	8
171065001282	1405	John A Renfro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	311 Camelot Dr	Collinsville	62234	Madison County	Collinsville CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 346-6266	498	37	13.6	64.1%	270 (54.2%)	138 (27.7%)	57 (11.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	$12,955			$2,095			$10,860	29.9	32.4	1334	71
172202002468	1406	Oak Glen Elementary School	Public	K-5	2101 182nd St	Lansing	60438	Cook County	Lansing School District 158	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 474-1714	502	36	13.9	98.8%	22 (4.4%)	306 (61.0%)	133 (26.5%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.6%)	$16,920			$1,109			$15,811	29.7	20.2	1679	273
171020001236	1407	Cicero East Elementary School	Public	4-6	3003 S 50Th Ct	Cicero	60804	Cook County	Cicero School District 99	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 652-9440	413	29	14.4	71.7%	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.5%)	403 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,419			$2,261			$18,157	29.7	27.4	1466	59
173909004855	1408	Cumberland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1496 Illinois Route 121	Toledo	62468	Cumberland County	Cumberland CUSD 77	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 923-3135	397	31	12.9	26.2%	382 (96.2%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$10,618			$1,060			$9,559	29.7	32.8	1325	83
170993000964	1409	Talcott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1840 W Ohio St	Chicago	60622	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-7130	465	35	13.4	72.9%	45 (9.7%)	22 (4.7%)	385 (82.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$20,388			$3,609			$16,778	29.7	37.3	1232	177
172761005285	1410	Carruthers Elementary School	Public	3-5	80 Candy Ln	Murphysboro	62966	Jackson County	Murphysboro CUSD 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 687-3231	420	32	13.1	99.8%	285 (67.9%)	57 (13.6%)	37 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.5%)	$14,522			$2,472			$12,050	29.6	31.5	1359	51

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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.