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)
170561000239	1041	Union Elementary School	Public	K-6	20 S 27th St	Belleville	62226	St. Clair County	Belleville School District 118	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 233-4132	428	25	17	81.8%	109 (25.5%)	244 (57.0%)	31 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.8%)	$17,244			$2,703			$14,541	45.3	43.8	1093	52
173300005056	1042	Colonel George Iles Elementary School	Public	K-5	3111 N 12th St	Quincy	62305	Adams County	Quincy School District 172	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 222-4059	508	40	12.7	70.7%	359 (70.7%)	41 (8.1%)	23 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	83 (16.3%)	$14,426			$3,560			$10,867	45.3	46.2	1033	9
170010505359	1043	A-C Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	191 S Bluff St	Chandlerville	62627	Cass County	A-C Central CUSD 262	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 458-2224	131	15	8.6	48.1%	127 (96.9%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$19,460			$2,733			$16,727	45.2	71.3	535	508
170993001127	1044	Monarcas Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	5815 S Homan Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9280	805	57	14.2	93.2%	13 (1.6%)	16 (2.0%)	772 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,313			$3,694			$14,620	45.2	41.8	1141	97
170993004286	1045	Chicago Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3400 N Austin Ave	Chicago	60634	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-3885	555	39	14.2	59.6%	92 (16.6%)	16 (2.9%)	422 (76.0%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	$18,389			$2,609			$15,780	45.2	33	1320	275
172529005434	1046	Riverwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 S Driftwood Trl	McHenry	60050	McHenry County	McHenry CCSD 15	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(779) 244-1400	615	49	12.6	49.6%	372 (60.5%)	6 (1.0%)	204 (33.2%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	$17,784			$674			$17,110	45.2	56.4	814	232
172892003034	1047	Georgetown Middle School	Public	4-8	51 Yates Rd	Marquette Heights	61554	Tazewell County	N Pekin & Marquette Hght School District 102	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(309) 382-3456	240	18	13.7	53.3%	203 (84.6%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.7%)	$12,667			$579			$12,087	45.1	49	973	74
171314001551	1048	Mark Twain Elementary School	Public	K-5	9401 N Hamlin Ave	Niles	60714	Cook County	East Maine School District 63	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 296-5341	488	35	13.8	64.8%	121 (24.8%)	25 (5.1%)	81 (16.6%)	209 (42.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.0%)	$16,500			$1,204			$15,296	45.1	47.3	1007	41
173681003786	1049	Edward J Tobin Elementary School	Public	K-5	8501 Narragansett Ave	Burbank	60459	Cook County	Burbank School District 111	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 599-6655	295	21	13.8	1.0%	82 (27.8%)	2 (0.7%)	193 (65.4%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$16,013			$1,017			$14,995	45.1	45.5	1043	6
171057004576	1050	Cobden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	413 N Appleknocker St	Cobden	62920	Union County	Cobden SUD 17	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 893-2311	219	22	9.9	34.2%	166 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$15,352			$1,292			$14,060	45.1	56.1	824	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.