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)
170141602789	1261	Milford Grade School West Campus	Public	PK, KG-8	100 S Chicago St	Milford	60953	Iroquois County	Milford Area PSD 124	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 889-4174	337	30	11.3	61.4%	285 (84.6%)	3 (0.9%)	30 (8.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.7%)	$17,428			$1,746			$15,681	35.3	40.1	1170	91
173451003620	1262	Spring Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	5222 Spring Creek Rd	Rockford	61114	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 654-4960	532	30	17.5	54.7%	215 (40.4%)	112 (21.1%)	117 (22.0%)	48 (9.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.1%)	$14,979			$1,081			$13,898	35.3	38.3	1203	59
172202002467	1263	Coolidge Elementary School	Public	K-5	17845 Henry St	Lansing	60438	Cook County	Lansing School District 158	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 474-4320	665	39	17.2	99.1%	61 (9.2%)	307 (46.2%)	258 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.7%)	$14,780			$1,111			$13,669	35.2	33.1	1317	54
173451003579	1264	Maud E Johnson Elementary School	Public	K-5	3805 Rural St	Rockford	61107	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 229-2485	385	23	16.5	75.1%	105 (27.3%)	90 (23.4%)	108 (28.1%)	29 (7.5%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	48 (12.5%)	$16,809			$2,986			$13,823	35.2	22.7	1585	321
173441003536	1265	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1307 4th St W	Milan	61264	Rock Island County	Rock Island School District 41	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 793-5985	257	23	11.2	61.1%	154 (59.9%)	46 (17.9%)	35 (13.6%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.8%)	$14,812			$1,709			$13,103	35.2	30.6	1382	117
173087004787	1266	Patoka Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1220 Kinoka Rd	Patoka	62875	Marion County	Patoka CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 432-5200	112	10	11.3	53.6%	109 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	$15,573			$1,529			$14,044	35.1	43.1	1110	156
170609000292	1267	Komensky Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2515 Cuyler Ave	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 795-2342	312	30	10.4	83.7%	17 (5.4%)	9 (2.9%)	277 (88.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$17,220			$1,350			$15,870	35.1	44.1	1086	181
171212001466	1268	North Elementary School	Public	K-5	1789 Rand Rd	Des Plaines	60016	Cook County	Ccsd 62	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 824-1399	558	49	11.3	70.8%	195 (34.9%)	35 (6.3%)	136 (24.4%)	176 (31.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.5%)	$23,322			$1,304			$22,018	35	44.7	1064	204
171820004656	1269	Hardin County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4 School Rd	Elizabethtown	62931	Hardin County	Hardin County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 287-2411	234	21	10.9	68.4%	210 (89.7%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.0%)	$23,654			$4,645			$19,009	35	56.2	820	449
173441003526	1270	Denkmann Elementary School	Public	K-6	4101 22nd Ave	Rock Island	61201	Rock Island County	Rock Island School District 41	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 793-5922	353	22	16.1	55.8%	147 (41.6%)	64 (18.1%)	70 (19.8%)	32 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (11.0%)	$12,833			$1,686			$11,147	35	35.7	1270

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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.