Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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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)
172967003082	1201	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	755 Bennett Ave	Oglesby	61348	LaSalle County	Oglesby Education Service District 125	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 883-9297	332	25	13.1	50.9%	252 (75.9%)	4 (1.2%)	61 (18.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$15,721			$2,998			$12,723	38	31.1	1371	170
171992002248	1202	Hutsonville Elementary and Junior High School	Public	PK, KG-8	500 W Clover St	Hutsonville	62433	Crawford County	Hutsonville CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 563-4812	203	21	9.7	51.2%	191 (94.1%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	$16,852			$659			$16,193	37.9	53.4	873	329
171563005507	1203	Lotus School	Public	PK, KG-4	29067 W Grass Lake Rd	Spring Grove	60081	McHenry County	Fox Lake GSD 114	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 973-4105	359	37	9.7	54.0%	221 (61.6%)	9 (2.5%)	111 (30.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	$20,913			$1,088			$19,825	37.9	30.1	1390	187
171344001633	1204	Lindop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2400 S 18th Ave	Broadview	60155	Cook County	Lindop School District 92	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 345-3110	364	32	11.3	60.7%	7 (1.9%)	257 (70.6%)	85 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$31,986			$1,756			$30,230	37.8	37.2	1235	31
170639000310	1205	Bismarck-Henning Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	5 W Holloway St	Bismarck	61814	Vermilion County	Bismarck Henning CUSD	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 759-7251	306	20	15.4	45.4%	284 (92.8%)	4 (1.3%)	12 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$14,097			$951			$13,146	37.8	51.5	911	294
170139001838	1206	Flanagan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	202 E Falcon Hwy	Flanagan	61740	Livingston County	Flanagan-Cornell District 74	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 796-2261	185	21	8.9	30.3%	170 (91.9%)	4 (2.2%)	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$16,356			$724			$15,632	37.7	36.6	1248	42
170561000233	1207	Douglas Elementary School	Public	K-6	125 Carlyle Ave	Belleville	62220	St. Clair County	Belleville School District 118	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 233-2417	248	21	11.6	66.9%	109 (44.0%)	109 (44.0%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.5%)	$19,885			$3,264			$16,621	37.7	42.5	1121	86
172862002999	1208	Fairview Elementary School	Public	K-5	416 Fairview St	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 557-4415	319	21	14.9	61.8%	128 (40.1%)	111 (34.8%)	36 (11.3%)	7 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (11.3%)	$13,438			$1,811			$11,627	37.7	35.4	1277	69
171371001709	1209	Heritage Elementary School	Public	K-6	507 Arnold Ave	Streamwood	60107	Cook County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 213-5565	388	29	13.6	66.8%	41 (10.6%)	61 (15.7%)	248 (63.9%)	18 (4.6%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.6%)	$15,163			$1,945			$13,219	37.7	20.6	1665	456
173300003359	1210	Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School	Public	K-5	3000 Maine St	Quincy	62301	Adams County	Quincy School District 172	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 223-0003	563	40	13.9	65.7%	410 (72.8%)	51 (9.1%)	20 (3.6%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (13.3%)	$13,690			$3,252			$10,438	37.6	37	1238	28

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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.