Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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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)
172643002830	1661	Je-Neir Elementary School	Public	K-4	1001 W 2nd St	Momence	60954	Kankakee County	Momence CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 472-6646	338	25	13.5	73.7%	160 (47.3%)	45 (13.3%)	109 (32.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	$15,283			$1,707			$13,576	20.8	20.6	1662	1
170001000211	1662	Oak Crest School	Public	PK, KG-5	38550 N Lewis Ave	Beach Park	60099	Lake County	Beach Park CCSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 599-5519	332	29	11.3	53.3%	50 (15.1%)	61 (18.4%)	202 (60.8%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.3%)	$19,800			$2,136			$17,665	20.8	40.7	1160	502
171968002242	1663	Hoover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1260 Superior Ave	Calumet City	60409	Cook County	Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 862-4230	528	39	13.5	40.5%	2 (0.4%)	371 (70.3%)	142 (26.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$18,460			$2,248			$16,211	20.6	22.5	1588	75
173708000989	1664	Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	Public	K-5	900 W Edwards St	Springfield	62704	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 525-3220	248	35	7.1	72.2%	45 (18.1%)	143 (57.7%)	12 (4.8%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (16.5%)	$22,075			$4,138			$17,937	20.6	18.4	1740	76
171200006172	1665	Founders Elementary School	Public	K-5	821 S 7th St	Dekalb	60115	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 754-3800	543	36	15.1	76.2%	116 (21.4%)	160 (29.5%)	221 (40.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.6%)	$17,933			$1,657			$16,276	20.5	18.6	1731	66
170993006446	1666	CICS - Bucktown Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	2235 N Hamilton Ave	Chicago	60647	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 645-3321	537	36	14.9	62.4%	11 (2.0%)	121 (22.5%)	394 (73.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$21,803			$163			$21,640	20.5	18.4	1735	69
171200000468	1667	Cortland Elementary School	Public	K-5	370 E Lexington Ave	Cortland	60112	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 754-2360	505	40	12.5	63.4%	200 (39.6%)	59 (11.7%)	208 (41.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.5%)	$20,737			$1,662			$19,075	20.5	21.3	1633	34
173963004861	1668	Century Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4721 Shawnee College Rd	Ullin	62992	Pulaski County	Century CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 845-3572	175	16	11.1	63.4%	139 (79.4%)	25 (14.3%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.1%)	$12,899			$1,508			$11,392	20.5	37	1239	429
170993000641	1669	Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justic	Public	PK, KG-8	8546 S Cregier Ave	Chicago	60617	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-6300	212	20	10.6	85.8%	0 (0.0%)	209 (98.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,714			$4,299			$20,416	20.4	16.2	1824	155
171728002026	1670	Frohardt Elementary School	Public	3-4	2040 Johnson Rd	Granite City	62040	Madison County	Granite City CUSD 9	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 451-5821	418	29	14.4	71.3%	214 (51.2%)	99 (23.7%)	70 (16.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.7%)	$15,818			$3,490			$12,328	20.4	18.4	1736	66

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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.