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)
174125004132	761	John S Clark Elementary School	Public	K-5	601 Blanchard Rd	Waukegan	60087	Lake County	Waukegan CUSD 60	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(224) 303-1570	240	24	10	71.3%	14 (5.8%)	12 (5.0%)	163 (67.9%)	40 (16.7%)	3 (1.3%)	3 (1.3%)	5 (2.1%)	$23,021			$2,269			$20,752	57.9	51.5	910	149
174007004026	762	John R Tibbott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 Gary Dr	Bolingbrook	60440	Will County	Valley View CUSD 365U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 739-7155	343	35	9.8	67.3%	41 (12.0%)	72 (21.0%)	185 (53.9%)	26 (7.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.7%)	$19,819			$1,317			$18,502	57.9	54.9	846	84
173078004786	763	Crestwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15601 US Highway 150	Paris	61944	Edgar County	Paris CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 465-5391	298	22	13.3	35.9%	285 (95.6%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$12,654			$1,445			$11,209	57.9	65.1	649	114
171366001661	764	Eldorado Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Alexander St	Eldorado	62930	Saline County	Eldorado CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 273-9324	536	40	13.4	66.8%	483 (90.1%)	5 (0.9%)	17 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.6%)	$14,527			$2,712			$11,815	57.7	42.7	1116	352
170873000573	765	Three Oaks School	Public	K-5	1514 3 Oaks Rd	Cary	60013	McHenry County	Cary CCSD 26	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(224) 357-5450	439	40	10.9	30.8%	280 (63.8%)	6 (1.4%)	133 (30.3%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$12,173			$882			$11,291	57.7	48.9	980	215
174007005752	766	Skoff Elementary	Public	K-5	775 W Normantown Rd	Romeoville	60446	Will County	Valley View CUSD 365U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 886-8384	519	48	10.8	56.1%	132 (25.4%)	102 (19.7%)	231 (44.5%)	25 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.6%)	$17,309			$1,005			$16,304	57.6	44.1	1085	319
171996002252	767	Illini Bluffs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9611 S Hanna City Glasford Rd	Glasford	61533	Peoria County	Illini Bluffs CUSD 327	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 389-2231	428	30	14.5	33.6%	396 (92.5%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (3.7%)	$12,837			$227			$12,610	57.5	47.8	997	230
173432003520	768	Rochester Intermediate School	Public	4-6	900 Jack Taylor Dr	Rochester	62563	Sangamon County	Rochester CUSD 3A	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 498-6215	415	27	15.3	20.2%	366 (88.2%)	9 (2.2%)	5 (1.2%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.5%)	$11,113			$428			$10,686	57.5	53.6	868	100
173813003905	769	Sullivan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	910 N Graham St	Sullivan	61951	Moultrie County	Sullivan CUSD 300	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 728-2321	561	33	16.7	53.3%	525 (93.6%)	9 (1.6%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.9%)	$9,023			$1,849			$7,174	57.5	55.8	831	62
171079001307	770	Dahlgren Elementary School	Public	K-6	5th and Dale St	Dahlgren	62828	Hamilton County	Hamilton County CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 736-2316	144	11	13.5	58.3%	138 (95.8%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$10,858			$1,309			$9,548	57.4	70.7	544	226

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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.