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)
173735003869	351	St Jacob Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	305 Jacob St	Saint Jacob	62281	Madison County	Triad CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 644-2541	239	16	15	13.4%	238 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,877			$362			$10,515	80.4	79.7	377	26
172862005556	352	Towanda Elementary School	Public	K-5	304 S East St	Towanda	61776	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 728-2278	198	16	12.5	14.1%	161 (81.3%)	4 (2.0%)	7 (3.5%)	17 (8.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	$12,463			$982			$11,481	80.4	89.2	197	155
171704002016	353	William F Murphy Elementary School	Public	K-6	7700 Larchwood Ln	Woodridge	60517	DuPage County	Woodridge School District 68	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 795-6500	402	28	14.2	53.2%	183 (45.5%)	46 (11.4%)	144 (35.8%)	19 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$18,404			$911			$17,493	80.4	80	370	17
174050004080	354	Westfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	2S125 Mayfield Ln	Glen Ellyn	60137	DuPage County	Ccsd 89	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 858-2770	305	23	13.1	16.7%	188 (61.6%)	23 (7.5%)	47 (15.4%)	28 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.2%)	$17,003			$550			$16,453	80.4	73.4	493	139
174218004219	355	Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	1N220 Pleasant Hill Rd	Winfield	60190	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 682-2100	589	43	13.8	42.4%	325 (55.2%)	59 (10.0%)	126 (21.4%)	55 (9.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.6%)	$16,482			$1,158			$15,324	80.3	80.9	361	6
173747003876	356	St Rose Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	18004 Saint Rose Rd	Breese	62230	Clinton County	St Rose School District 14-15	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 526-7484	179	13	13.7	15.1%	170 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	$10,385			$790			$9,595	80.3	77.9	404	48
172925003064	357	Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	715 Highland Ave	Oak Park	60304	Cook County	Oak Park Education Service District 97	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 524-3060	517	52	10	18.0%	262 (50.7%)	83 (16.1%)	86 (16.6%)	13 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (13.9%)	$21,735			$875			$20,859	80.3	76.7	431	74
170522004397	358	Hoover Wood Elementary School	Public	K-5	1640 Wagner Rd	Batavia	60510	Kane County	Batavia Unified School District 101	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 937-8300	350	27	13.2	22.3%	236 (67.4%)	35 (10.0%)	44 (12.6%)	15 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.7%)	$19,124			$716			$18,408	80.2	85.4	266	92
170321000014	359	Akin Community Cons Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	21962 Akin Blacktop	Akin	62890	Franklin County	Akin CCSD 91	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 627-2180	112	13	8.5	51.8%	111 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$14,778			$1,209			$13,569	80.1			(n/a)
172925003068	360	William Beye Elementary School	Public	K-5	230 N Cuyler Ave	Oak Park	60302	Cook County	Oak Park Education Service District 97	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 524-3070	390	30	13.1	14.4%	227 (58.2%)	55 (14.1%)	56 (14.4%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.7%)	$20,709			$829			$19,880	80.1	84.5	283	77

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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.