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)
173060003182	111	Palos West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12700 S 104th Ave	Palos Park	60464	Cook County	Palos CCSD 118	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 448-6888	708	51	13.7	35.9%	540 (76.3%)	11 (1.6%)	98 (13.8%)	28 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.8%)	$18,364			$607			$17,757	94.6	90.2	178	67
171173001379	112	Damiansville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	101 E Main St	Damiansville	62215	Clinton County	Damiansville School District 62	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(618) 248-5188	82	10	7.8	15.9%	72 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$12,266			$276			$11,990	94.6	88.5	205	93
174218004225	113	Whittier Elementary School	Public	K-5	218 W Park Ave	Wheaton	60189	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 682-2185	407	28	14.3	10.6%	322 (79.1%)	19 (4.7%)	19 (4.7%)	31 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$15,935			$1,305			$14,630	94.6	94.7	94	19
171270006224	114	Hickory Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2514 W Hickory Grove Rd	Dunlap	61525	Peoria County	Dunlap CUSD 323	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 243-8711	856	43	20	12.5%	414 (48.4%)	58 (6.8%)	26 (3.0%)	335 (39.1%)	15 (1.8%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	$9,119			$503			$8,616	94.6	94.2	102	12
174182004187	115	Field Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	4335 Howard Ave	Western Springs	60558	Cook County	Western Springs School District 101	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 246-7675	273	24	11.5		242 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.6%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$15,219			$378			$14,841	94.5	97.7	29	86
172680002861	116	Grundy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1100 S 4th Ave	Morton	61550	Tazewell County	Morton CUSD 709	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 263-1421	449	27	16.4	21.4%	400 (89.1%)	7 (1.6%)	17 (3.8%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.0%)	$10,674			$570			$10,103	94.4	88.8	202	86
171397001746	117	Emerson Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 N West Ave	Elmhurst	60126	DuPage County	Elmhurst School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 834-5562	450	32	13.8	12.7%	334 (74.2%)	6 (1.3%)	61 (13.6%)	25 (5.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	$17,475			$483			$16,991	94.4	92.4	137	20
172190000518	118	Isaac Fox Elementary School	Public	K-5	395 W Cuba Rd	Lake Zurich	60047	Lake County	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 540-7020	511	31	16.3	16.0%	423 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.1%)	38 (7.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$17,835			$484			$17,351	94.4	92.4	136	18
170505002987	119	Barbara B Rose Elementary School	Public	K-5	61 W Penny Rd	South Barrington	60010	Lake County	Barrington CUSD 220	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 844-1200	382	36	10.7	7.6%	127 (33.2%)	5 (1.3%)	16 (4.2%)	207 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.1%)	$25,457			$777			$24,681	94.4	96.3	58	61
174169005928	120	Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School	Public	K-5	4008 Chinaberry Ln	Naperville	60564	Will County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 428-5678	563	39	14.4	5.0%	147 (26.1%)	21 (3.7%)	26 (4.6%)	335 (59.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.5%)	$14,341			$1,081			$13,261	94.4	94.2	101	19

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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.