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)
171377001727	1591	John Jay Elementary School	Public	K-5	1835 W Pheasant Trl	Mount Prospect	60056	Cook County	Community Cons School District 59	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 593-4385	364	30	12.2	79.7%	54 (14.8%)	22 (6.0%)	236 (64.8%)	32 (8.8%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.1%)	$17,951			$1,098			$16,852	23.2	28.4	1437	154
173837003916	1592	Nathan Hale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	19055 Burnham Ave	Lansing	60438	Cook County	Sunnybrook School District 171	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 895-3030	533	32	16.6	12.2%	10 (1.9%)	387 (72.6%)	117 (22.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$15,428			$1,093			$14,335	23.2	19.1	1708	116
170993000663	1593	Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3121 W Byron St	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-5130	485	44	11	77.9%	45 (9.3%)	25 (5.2%)	381 (78.6%)	17 (3.5%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.3%)	$21,845			$3,571			$18,274	23.1	28.7	1429	164
170993000582	1594	Avalon Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8045 S Kenwood Ave	Chicago	60619	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-6615	194	16	12.1	88.7%	0 (0.0%)	191 (98.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,733			$3,931			$20,802	23	18.4	1738	144
172433002644	1595	Scott Elementary School	Public	K-5	2250 Scott St	Melrose Park	60164	Cook County	Mannheim School District 83	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 455-4818	399	41	9.6	69.2%	25 (6.3%)	9 (2.3%)	357 (89.5%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$22,534			$1,038			$21,495	23	26.2	1493	102
170993001609	1596	Zapata Elementary Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2728 S Kostner Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1390	520	41	12.6	90.2%	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	513 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,605			$2,805			$16,800	23	31.6	1357	239
170471000157	1597	Nicholson Elementary School	Public	K-5	649 N Main St	Montgomery	60538	Kendall County	Aurora West Unified School District 129	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 301-5013	330	27	12.4	55.5%	39 (11.8%)	32 (9.7%)	245 (74.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$18,055			$2,265			$15,791	22.9	19.4	1699	102
170993001003	1598	Ogden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	24 W Walton St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-8110	907	4	226.7	52.6%	194 (21.4%)	396 (43.7%)	178 (19.6%)	71 (7.8%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (6.9%)	$17,315			$2,564			$14,751	22.9	31.4	1367	231
171510004856	1599	Fieldcrest Intermediate School	Public	3-5	306 N Maple St	Toluca	61369	Marshall County	Fieldcrest CUSD 6	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 452-2318	195	15	12.8	56.4%	173 (88.7%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	7 (3.6%)	$15,425			$1,440			$13,985	22.8	38.3	1198	401
171200001453	1600	Littlejohn Elementary School	Public	K-5	1121 School St	DeKalb	60115	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 754-2258	361	25	14.7	76.2%	106 (29.4%)	47 (13.0%)	178 (49.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.0%)	$18,676			$1,611			$17,065	22.7	24.8	1527	73

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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.