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)
170993000862	2061	Howe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	720 N Lorel Ave	Chicago	60644	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6060	354	30	11.8	97.2%	4 (1.1%)	303 (85.6%)	46 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$21,112			$4,222			$16,890	8.3	11	2002	59
170993001056	2062	Revere Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1010 E 72nd St	Chicago	60619	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-0618	197	16	12.7	93.9%	0 (0.0%)	194 (98.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,244			$4,247			$18,996	8.3	8.3	2073	11
173123003283	2063	The Elise Ford Allen Academy	Public	K-8	1704 W Aiken Ave	Peoria	61605	Peoria County	Peoria School District 150	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 672-6574	624	39	16.2	94.9%	28 (4.5%)	545 (87.3%)	19 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.0%)	$15,406			$2,558			$12,848	8.2	9	2067	4
173321003440	2064	Eastlawn Elementary School	Public	K-4	650 N Maplewood Dr	Rantoul	61866	Champaign County	Rantoul City School District 137	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 893-5404	260	24	10.9	96.9%	39 (15.0%)	50 (19.2%)	153 (58.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	$18,930			$4,495			$14,434	8.1	16.4	1819	245
170993000901	2065	Lozano Elementary Bilingual & International Center	Public	PK, KG-8	1501 N Greenview Ave	Chicago	60642	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-4750	246	26	9.6	75.6%	8 (3.3%)	37 (15.0%)	191 (77.6%)	4 (1.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$26,085			$4,396			$21,689	8.1	12.8	1942	123
170993000695	2066	Dett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2131 W Monroe St	Chicago	60612	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-7160	285	26	10.9	94.0%	0 (0.0%)	252 (88.4%)	27 (9.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$28,259			$5,326			$22,934	8	8.2	2074	8
171185005629	2067	Hope Academy	Public	K-8	955 N Illinois St	Decatur	62521	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 362-3280	498	26	19.1	80.5%	98 (19.7%)	315 (63.3%)	14 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (14.1%)	$20,116			$3,825			$16,292	7.9	8	2075	8

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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.