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)
172771002931	241	Elmwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	1024 Magnolia Ln	Naperville	60540	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 420-6341	732	47	15.4	17.2%	476 (65.0%)	38 (5.2%)	105 (14.3%)	58 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.4%)	$15,902			$343			$15,559	86.8	93.1	126	115
170993001050	242	Ravenswood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4332 N Paulina St	Chicago	60613	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5525	502	41	12.3	31.3%	242 (48.2%)	42 (8.4%)	141 (28.1%)	24 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (10.6%)	$18,591			$2,857			$15,735	86.6	78.7	391	149
172103003716	243	Country Meadows Elementary School	Public	1-5	6360 Gilmer Rd	Long Grove	60047	Lake County	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 353-8600	418	35	11.9		227 (54.3%)	16 (3.8%)	47 (11.2%)	109 (26.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$19,847			$464			$19,383	86.6	87.4	225	18
173174004941	244	Eagle Pointe Elementary School	Public	K-5	24562 Norwood Dr	Plainfield	60585	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 577-4800	575	41	14	30.6%	381 (66.3%)	42 (7.3%)	57 (9.9%)	76 (13.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	$14,417			$516			$13,901	86.6	83.6	300	56
170879000520	245	Concord Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1019 Concord Pl	Darien	60561	DuPage County	Cass School District 63	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(331) 481-4000	463	34	13.4	19.9%	291 (62.9%)	10 (2.2%)	58 (12.5%)	81 (17.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.5%)	$15,805			$332			$15,473	86.5	81.4	351	106
170921000529	246	Kelvin Grove Junior High School	Public	4-8	808 Adams St	Lockport	60441	Will County	Lockport School District 91	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 838-0737	271	26	10.3	26.9%	203 (74.9%)	9 (3.3%)	50 (18.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	$17,040			$593			$16,447	86.5	77.1	424	178
171638001954	247	Williamsburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	1812 Williamsburg Ave	Geneva	60134	Kane County	Geneva CUSD 304	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 463-3100	463	30	15.4		389 (84.0%)	5 (1.1%)	40 (8.6%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	13 (2.8%)	$16,368			$486			$15,882	86.4	90.6	170	77
170993005979	248	LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1148 N Honore St	Chicago	60622	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-0490	582	41	14.2	36.4%	162 (27.8%)	115 (19.8%)	246 (42.3%)	24 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (5.2%)	$18,794			$2,483			$16,311	86.4	88.2	207	41
170414000100	249	Westgate Elementary School	Public	K-5	500 S Dwyer Ave	Arlington Heights	60005	Cook County	Arlington Heights School District 25	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 398-4292	618	49	12.5	11.7%	494 (79.9%)	4 (0.6%)	65 (10.5%)	54 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,198			$541			$16,657	86.4	83.4	309	60
172460002665	250	Longfellow Elementary School	Public	K-5	1400 W Hendrickson St	Marion	62959	Williamson County	Marion CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 993-3230	252	19	13	70.2%	186 (73.8%)	34 (13.5%)	13 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.5%)	$11,285			$3,180			$8,105	86	84.4	284	34

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.