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)
171704002012	211	John L Sipley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2806 83rd St	Woodridge	60517	DuPage County	Woodridge School District 68	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 795-6300	392	29	13.4	47.4%	154 (39.3%)	72 (18.4%)	102 (26.0%)	31 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (8.2%)	$18,151			$989			$17,162	88.8	84	288	77
174218004216	212	Lowell Elementary School	Public	K-5	312 S President St	Wheaton	60187	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 682-2085	266	25	10.5	29.3%	177 (66.5%)	15 (5.6%)	21 (7.9%)	35 (13.2%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	14 (5.3%)	$20,830			$1,332			$19,498	88.7	87.4	224	12
172025002277	213	Iuka Community Cons School	Public	PK, KG-8	405 S Main St	Iuka	62849	Marion County	Iuka CCSD 7	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 323-6233	233	16	15	54.5%	217 (93.1%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$13,239			$2,289			$10,949	88.6	83.2	313	100
174170004175	214	Henry Winkelman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1919 Landwehr Rd	Glenview	60026	Cook County	West Northfield School District 31	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 729-5650	639	66	9.6		229 (35.8%)	20 (3.1%)	68 (10.6%)	253 (39.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (10.6%)	$25,978			$601			$25,377	88.6	89.4	194	20
171212001470	215	Terrace Elementary School	Public	K-5	735 S Westgate Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook County	Ccsd 62	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 824-1501	220	26	8.4	35.5%	101 (45.9%)	11 (5.0%)	77 (35.0%)	24 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.7%)	$23,551			$1,287			$22,265	88.4	86.3	251	36
174050004079	216	Park View Elementary School	Public	K-5	250 S Park Blvd	Glen Ellyn	60137	DuPage County	Ccsd 89	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 858-1600	379	27	14.2	32.5%	220 (58.0%)	27 (7.1%)	67 (17.7%)	49 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$16,713			$602			$16,111	88.4	89.9	185	31
170000703846	217	Eastland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	601 S Chestnut St	Shannon	61078	Carroll County	Eastland CUSD 308	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 864-2300	365	26	14.3	49.6%	334 (91.5%)	4 (1.1%)	16 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$14,192			$864			$13,328	88.4	85.5	264	47
172280002525	218	Butterfield School	Public	PK, KG-5	1441 Lake St	Libertyville	60048	Lake County	Libertyville School District 70	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 362-3120	520	41	12.5		395 (76.0%)	13 (2.5%)	39 (7.5%)	34 (6.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.9%)	$20,753			$60			$20,693	88.3	93.5	119	99
170011902183	219	Indian Trail Elementary School	Public	K-5	2075 Saint Johns Ave	Highland Park	60035	Lake County	North Shore School District 112	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(224) 765-3500	491	40	12.4		397 (80.9%)	14 (2.9%)	36 (7.3%)	19 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	$23,222			$530			$22,692	88.3	88.1	210	9
171270001524	220	Wilder-Waite Grade School	Public	K-5	10021 N Pacific St	Peoria	61615	Peoria County	Dunlap CUSD 323	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 243-7728	373	22	17.1	20.1%	200 (53.6%)	31 (8.3%)	34 (9.1%)	77 (20.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.0%)	$10,841			$685			$10,156	88.2	89.4	195	25

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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.