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)
171752005952	271	Park East School	Public	K-4	400 W Townline Rd	Round Lake	60073	Lake County	Grayslake CCSD 46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 210-7010	333	30	11.2	32.4%	137 (41.1%)	18 (5.4%)	104 (31.2%)	51 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	$14,562			$519			$14,043	84.9	89.4	192	79
174169005697	272	Owen Elementary School	Public	K-5	1560 Westglen Dr	Naperville	60565	DuPage County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 428-7300	569	39	14.7	9.5%	156 (27.4%)	29 (5.1%)	41 (7.2%)	314 (55.2%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.0%)	$15,251			$1,034			$14,218	84.9	83.8	294	22
171692002000	273	Hoffman Elementary School	Public	3-5	2000 Harrison St	Glenview	60025	Cook County	Glenview CCSD 34	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 998-5040	457	38	12	22.8%	279 (61.1%)	5 (1.1%)	49 (10.7%)	86 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.1%)	$18,769			$634			$18,135	84.8	88.1	208	65
171752001752	274	Meadowview School	Public	K-4	291 Lexington Ln	Grayslake	60030	Lake County	Grayslake CCSD 46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 223-3656	385	27	14	19.0%	229 (59.5%)	25 (6.5%)	83 (21.6%)	21 (5.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.5%)	$18,561			$519			$18,041	84.8	89.3	196	78
171638004805	275	Heartland Elementary School	Public	K-5	3300 Heartland Dr	Geneva	60134	Kane County	Geneva CUSD 304	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 463-3200	321	24	13.6		277 (86.3%)	2 (0.6%)	22 (6.9%)	12 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$17,323			$435			$16,888	84.5	90.2	177	98
170993000898	276	Wildwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6950 N Hiawatha Ave	Chicago	60646	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-1188	471	33	14.4	15.5%	279 (59.2%)	20 (4.2%)	94 (20.0%)	41 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.9%)	$18,548			$2,598			$15,950	84.4	87.8	217	59
174169005460	277	May Watts Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 S Whispering Hills Dr	Naperville	60540	DuPage County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 428-6700	563	36	15.7	9.1%	186 (33.0%)	39 (6.9%)	39 (6.9%)	264 (46.9%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	$14,043			$1,191			$12,851	84.3	78.5	396	119
172814003778	278	Nelson Ridge School	Public	4-6	2470 Nelson Rd	New Lenox	60451	Will County	New Lenox School District 122	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 462-2870	470	26	17.8	13.0%	392 (83.4%)	7 (1.5%)	55 (11.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	$12,222			$411			$11,811	84.2	85.8	255	23
172175002447	279	Cherokee Elementary School	Public	K-4	475 Cherokee Rd	Lake Forest	60045	Lake County	Lake Forest School District 67	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 234-3805	336	34	9.8		293 (87.2%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (3.9%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.7%)	$24,373			$365			$24,008	84.2	89.1	199	80
172680002863	280	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 S Nebraska Ave	Morton	61550	Tazewell County	Morton CUSD 709	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 266-6989	524	32	16.3	11.1%	485 (92.6%)	14 (2.7%)	13 (2.5%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$11,165			$378			$10,788	84.2	83	317	37

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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.