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)
173027003129	1321	Boulder Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	163 Boulder Hill Pass	Montgomery	60538	Kendall County	Cusd 308	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 636-2900	490	42	11.6	59.8%	145 (29.6%)	54 (11.0%)	261 (53.3%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	$12,942			$833			$12,109	32.8	36.2	1256	65
170993005801	1322	Suder Montessori Elementary Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-8	2022 W Washington Blvd	Chicago	60612	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-7685	444	28	16.1	43.0%	84 (18.9%)	226 (50.9%)	89 (20.0%)	16 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	24 (5.4%)	$21,543			$2,550			$18,993	32.7	28	1447	125
172640002810	1323	Butterworth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4205 48th St	Moline	61265	Rock Island County	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 743-1604	249	20	12.2	71.1%	123 (49.4%)	46 (18.5%)	56 (22.5%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (7.2%)	$16,926			$1,070			$15,857	32.7	23.6	1561	238
174155000789	1324	Wegner Elementary School	Public	K-5	1180 Marcella Ln	West Chicago	60185	DuPage County	West Chicago Education Service District 33	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 293-6400	365	34	10.7	64.4%	73 (20.0%)	20 (5.5%)	236 (64.7%)	26 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$25,660			$1,100			$24,560	32.7	29.6	1405	81
170993001047	1325	Ray Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5631 S Kimbark Ave	Chicago	60637	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-0970	495	34	14.7	56.8%	82 (16.6%)	314 (63.4%)	44 (8.9%)	30 (6.1%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.6%)	$18,419			$2,303			$16,116	32.7	40.3	1166	159
170717000371	1326	George T Wilkins Elementary School	Public	K-6	8001 S 82nd Ave	Justice	60458	Cook County	Indian Springs School District 109	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 496-8708	450	38	11.7	74.9%	208 (46.2%)	110 (24.4%)	95 (21.1%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.1%)	$17,334			$1,779			$15,556	32.7	22.5	1590	264
173630003751	1327	Neil Armstrong Elementary School	Public	K-5	5030 Imperial Dr	Richton Park	60471	Cook County	Education Service District 159	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 481-7424	281	21	13.6	52.7%	4 (1.4%)	243 (86.5%)	18 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.0%)	$24,363			$749			$23,614	32.7	33	1322	5
170405000092	1327	W W Walker Elementary School	Public	K-5	7735 W 66th Pl	Bedford Park	60501	Cook County	Summit School District 104	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 458-7150	168	18	9.3	44.0%	19 (11.3%)	22 (13.1%)	115 (68.5%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.5%)	$32,930			$8,426			$24,504	32.7	17.3	1782	455
170993001099	1329	Cardenas Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2345 S Millard Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1465	817	62	13.2	92.7%	7 (0.9%)	27 (3.3%)	780 (95.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$19,667			$2,987			$16,680	32.6	31.6	1356	27
173618003746	1330	Sherrard Elementary School	Public	K-4	209 1st St	Sherrard	61281	Mercer County	Sherrard CUSD 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 593-2917	237	13	18.2	25.3%	214 (90.3%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (5.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$11,626			$297			$11,328	32.6	34.9	1285	45

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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.