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)
174218004210	231	Emerson Elementary School	Public	K-5	119 S Woodlawn St	Wheaton	60187	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 682-2055	284	23	12.2	30.6%	174 (61.3%)	22 (7.7%)	32 (11.3%)	35 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.0%)	$18,691			$835			$17,856	87.5	92	147	84
171270004389	232	Banner Elementary School	Public	K-5	12610 N Allen Rd	Dunlap	61525	Peoria County	Dunlap CUSD 323	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 243-7774	374	24	15.6	13.1%	240 (64.2%)	20 (5.3%)	22 (5.9%)	49 (13.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (11.0%)	$12,035			$503			$11,532	87.5	88.1	209	23
170505000194	233	Roslyn Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	224 Roslyn Rd	Barrington	60010	Lake County	Barrington CUSD 220	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 381-4148	452	36	12.5	15.9%	330 (73.0%)	3 (0.7%)	74 (16.4%)	19 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.3%)	$20,817			$569			$20,248	87.4	89.9	187	46
170993001083	234	Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy	Public	K-8	533 W 27th St	Chicago	60616	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-9120	529	29	18.2	57.5%	46 (8.7%)	64 (12.1%)	111 (21.0%)	292 (55.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$16,207			$2,034			$14,173	87.4	88.2	206	28
170414000098	235	Olive-Mary Stitt School	Public	K-5	303 E Olive St	Arlington Heights	60004	Cook County	Arlington Heights School District 25	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 398-4282	635	42	15.1	6.9%	506 (79.7%)	15 (2.4%)	55 (8.7%)	57 (9.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$15,617			$503			$15,114	87.2	87.3	228	7
171212001465	236	Iroquois Community School	Public	K-8	1836 E Touhy Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook County	Ccsd 62	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 824-1308	423	35	12	29.6%	218 (51.5%)	12 (2.8%)	94 (22.2%)	72 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.4%)	$23,287			$1,173			$22,114	87.2	89.1	200	36
174169001420	237	White Eagle Elementary	Public	K-5	1585 White Eagle Dr	Naperville	60564	Will County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 375-3600	582	37	15.6	24.4%	164 (28.2%)	51 (8.8%)	46 (7.9%)	302 (51.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	$14,030			$972			$13,058	87.1	87	238	1
171680001982	238	Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-5	350 Bryant Ave	Glen Ellyn	60137	DuPage County	Glen Ellyn School District 41	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 790-6400	589	39	15		476 (80.8%)	11 (1.9%)	48 (8.1%)	33 (5.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.1%)	$15,711			$503			$15,208	87	87.8	215	23
171212001464	239	Forest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1375 S 5th Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook County	Ccsd 62	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 824-1380	657	56	11.8	44.0%	258 (39.3%)	32 (4.9%)	242 (36.8%)	103 (15.7%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (2.7%)	$28,204			$1,257			$26,948	86.9	72.2	521	282
172721001596	240	Lions Park Elementary School	Public	2-5	300 E Council Trl	Mount Prospect	60056	Cook County	Mount Prospect School District 57	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 394-7330	485	37	13		373 (76.9%)	5 (1.0%)	52 (10.7%)	39 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.3%)	$15,389			$540			$14,848	86.9	77.8	406	166

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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.