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)
172049002314	811	Johnsburg Elementary School	Public	3-5	2118 Church St	Johnsburg	60051	McHenry County	Johnsburg CUSD 12	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 385-3731	357	30	11.9	31.9%	288 (80.7%)	7 (2.0%)	43 (12.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$16,344			$1,280			$15,064	55.5	53.5	869	58
172730002894	812	Brown County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	501 NW Cross St	Mount Sterling	62353	Brown County	Brown County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 773-7501	290	18	15.9	51.4%	281 (96.9%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,195			$647			$10,548	55.4	51.4	914	102
173303003433	813	Raccoon Cons Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3601 State Route 161	Centralia	62801	Marion County	Raccoon Cons School District 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 532-7329	202	17	11.8	53.0%	182 (90.1%)	4 (2.0%)	7 (3.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	$14,538			$907			$13,631	55.4	68.7	584	229
171200001451	814	Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	211 McCormick Dr	Dekalb	60115	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 754-2263	321	27	11.7	66.0%	114 (35.5%)	102 (31.8%)	63 (19.6%)	13 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.0%)	$20,839			$1,414			$19,425	55.4	50.7	934	120
174221004233	815	Edgar A Poe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 N Highland Ave	Arlington Heights	60004	Cook County	Wheeling CCSD 21	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 670-3200	323	31	10.5	44.9%	221 (68.4%)	3 (0.9%)	43 (13.3%)	37 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.9%)	$18,994			$1,045			$17,949	55.4	60.7	734	81
173129003301	816	Peotone Intermediate Center	Public	4-5	9526 W Manhattan Monee Rd	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Peotone CUSD 207U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 469-5744	157	17	9.2	21.0%	131 (83.4%)	3 (1.9%)	16 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)	$19,317			$725			$18,592	55.4	53.2	876	60
170004100272	817	GCMS Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	902 N Church St	Gibson City	60936	Ford County	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 784-4278	498	41	12	49.0%	421 (84.5%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.8%)	$15,627			$832			$14,795	55.3	63.4	686	131
171397001742	818	Conrad Fischer Elementary School	Public	K-5	888 N Wilson St	Elmhurst	60126	DuPage County	Elmhurst School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 832-8601	438	45	9.7	64.2%	127 (29.0%)	16 (3.7%)	252 (57.5%)	29 (6.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	$19,075			$607			$18,468	55.3	37.9	1211	393
172989003092	819	Olympia South Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	103 NE 5th St	Atlanta	61723	Logan County	Olympia CUSD 16	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 648-2302	343	19	18	60.1%	302 (88.0%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.1%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.4%)	$12,868			$1,686			$11,182	55.1	42.1	1132	313
170993001174	820	Dirksen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8601 W Foster Ave	Chicago	60656	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1090	1,213	68	17.9	77.9%	785 (64.7%)	35 (2.9%)	119 (9.8%)	264 (21.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.6%)	$14,288			$2,182			$12,106	55	59.1	760	60

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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.