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)
174169002657	461	Peter M Gombert Elementary School	Public	K-5	2707 Ridge Rd	Aurora	60504	DuPage County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 375-3700	403	33	12.2	34.2%	113 (28.0%)	51 (12.7%)	110 (27.3%)	98 (24.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.4%)	$16,981			$1,687			$15,294	75.8	71.5	532	71
171758002060	462	Wells Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	704 W North St	Grayville	62844	White County	Grayville CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 375-7214	133	11	12.6	66.2%	130 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$14,529			$1,377			$13,152	75.8	60.3	739	277
173192004799	463	Farmingdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	2473 N Farmingdale Rd	Pleasant Plains	62677	Sangamon County	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 626-1221	468	30	15.6	9.4%	436 (93.2%)	9 (1.9%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	9 (1.9%)	$11,799			$326			$11,473	75.8	59.3	752	289
172925003065	464	Oliver W Holmes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	508 N Kenilworth Ave	Oak Park	60302	Cook County	Oak Park Education Service District 97	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 524-3100	486	38	12.7	23.5%	227 (46.7%)	78 (16.0%)	67 (13.8%)	21 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (19.1%)	$18,760			$858			$17,902	75.7	84.8	277	187
173105003228	465	Pecatonica Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	721 Reed St	Pecatonica	61063	Winnebago County	Pecatonica CUSD 321	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 239-2550	322	27	11.9	28.9%	283 (87.9%)	5 (1.6%)	12 (3.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.5%)	$14,090			$642			$13,448	75.6	72.3	517	52
174035004061	466	Westmore Elementary School	Public	K-5	340 S School St	Lombard	60148	DuPage County	School District 45 DuPage County	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(630) 516-7500	411	27	15	26.3%	221 (53.8%)	24 (5.8%)	97 (23.6%)	19 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	40 (9.7%)	$17,879			$783			$17,095	75.5	61.3	722	256
170855004800	467	Algonquin Lakes Elementary School	Public	K-5	1401 Compton Dr	Algonquin	60102	McHenry County	Cusd 300	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 532-7500	412	32	12.8	46.8%	174 (42.2%)	28 (6.8%)	173 (42.0%)	19 (4.6%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.2%)	$18,304			$1,055			$17,249	75.5	77.2	421	46
172862005320	468	Northpoint Elementary School	Public	K-5	2602 E College Ave	Bloomington	61704	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 557-4420	456	34	13.2	9.6%	301 (66.0%)	16 (3.5%)	25 (5.5%)	87 (19.1%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	$14,029			$1,429			$12,600	75.4	83.3	311	157
173027004384	469	The Wheatlands Elementary School	Public	K-5	2290 Barrington Dr	Aurora	60503	Will County	Cusd 308	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 636-3500	550	35	15.6	27.6%	255 (46.4%)	61 (11.1%)	64 (11.6%)	122 (22.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.0%)	$15,065			$757			$14,308	75.3	81.2	353	116
173174006832	470	Wallin Oaks Elementary School	Public	K-5	15410 S Wallin Dr	Plainfield	60544	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 577-5700	571	40	14.4	23.3%	311 (54.5%)	42 (7.4%)	134 (23.5%)	50 (8.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.4%)	$11,908			$544			$11,364	75.3	75.1	463	7

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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.