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)
170993001215	1981	Salazar Elementary Bilingual Center	Public	PK, KG-8	160 W Wendell St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-8310	366	26	14	91.3%	2 (0.5%)	58 (15.8%)	296 (80.9%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$18,145			$3,537			$14,607	11.8	15.6	1844	137
173451006154	1982	Jackson Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	315 Summit St	Rockford	61107	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 316-0093	245	8	29.6	35.9%	15 (6.1%)	189 (77.1%)	18 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.4%)	$18,118			$4,424			$13,694	11.8	12.7	1947	35
170993001102	1983	Stagg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	7424 S Morgan St	Chicago	60621	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-3565	389	28	14.1	77.9%	0 (0.0%)	351 (90.2%)	33 (8.5%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$20,262			$3,517			$16,745	11.8	10.3	2037	54
173996004012	1984	M L King Junior Elementary School	Public	K-5	1108 Fairview Ave	Urbana	61801	Champaign County	Urbana School District 116	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 384-3675	307	21	14.3	87.6%	36 (11.7%)	171 (55.7%)	13 (4.2%)	61 (19.9%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.2%)	$16,518			$1,776			$14,743	11.8	14.5	1891	93
170993000730	1985	Leland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	512 S Lavergne Ave	Chicago	60644	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6340	298	29	10.2	94.6%	0 (0.0%)	274 (91.9%)	20 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	$26,236			$5,158			$21,078	11.7	9.5	2057	72
170468000146	1986	C M Bardwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	550 S Lincoln Ave	Aurora	60505	Kane County	Aurora East Unified School District 131	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 299-5300	686	39	17.6	75.1%	17 (2.5%)	20 (2.9%)	637 (92.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	$17,840			$3,326			$14,514	11.7	14.3	1898	88
170993000880	1987	Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1420 S Albany Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1829	212	21	10	97.2%	2 (0.9%)	198 (93.4%)	9 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$26,091			$5,318			$20,773	11.7	8.8	2072	85
170993000823	1988	Hamline Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4747 S Bishop St	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-4565	573	43	13.4	97.9%	5 (0.9%)	36 (6.3%)	529 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$19,657			$3,058			$16,599	11.6	10.1	2043	55
170993005919	1989	Polaris Elementary Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	620 N Sawyer Ave	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-0820	336	16	21	80.1%	2 (0.6%)	299 (89.0%)	34 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$2,308			$174			$2,134	11.6	15.2	1861	128
170993001106	1990	Spry Elementary Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	2400 S Marshall Blvd	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1700	304	33	9.2	90.5%	4 (1.3%)	9 (3.0%)	291 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,865			$3,949			$19,916	11.6	14	1911	79

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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.