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)
173285003402	361	Anne Sullivan Elementary School	Public	4-5	700 N Schoenbeck Rd	Prospect Heights	60070	Cook County	Prospect Heights School District 23	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 870-3865	327	25	13.3	22.6%	211 (64.5%)	6 (1.8%)	65 (19.9%)	29 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.9%)	$18,775			$18,073			$702	80	80	371	10
171680001981	362	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	380 Greenfield Ave	Glen Ellyn	60137	DuPage County	Glen Ellyn School District 41	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 790-6400	548	35	15.8		422 (77.0%)	13 (2.4%)	38 (6.9%)	53 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.8%)	$16,388			$502			$15,885	80	84.2	285	77
171446001787	363	Dawes Elementary School	Public	K-5	440 Dodge Ave	Evanston	60202	Cook County	Evanston CCSD 65	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 905-3401	307	32	9.7	51.1%	93 (30.3%)	77 (25.1%)	90 (29.3%)	9 (2.9%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	30 (9.8%)	$27,026			$220			$26,806	80	63	693	330
170993001147	364	Waters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4540 N Campbell Ave	Chicago	60625	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5090	659	44	15.1	21.2%	402 (61.0%)	12 (1.8%)	150 (22.8%)	31 (4.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (9.3%)	$16,211			$2,027			$14,184	80	85	275	89
172721002888	365	Fairview Elementary School	Public	2-5	300 N Fairview Ave	Mount Prospect	60056	Cook County	Mount Prospect School District 57	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 394-7320	465	36	13		336 (72.3%)	5 (1.1%)	62 (13.3%)	44 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	$16,435			$540			$15,895	80	72.6	506	141
171638001743	366	Mill Creek School	Public	K-5	N900 Brundige Dr	Geneva	60134	Kane County	Geneva CUSD 304	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 463-3400	365	28	13.1		298 (81.6%)	5 (1.4%)	37 (10.1%)	13 (3.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$18,204			$554			$17,650	79.9	83.5	303	63
171270004470	367	Ridgeview Elementary School	Public	K-5	3903 W Ridgeview Dr	Peoria	61615	Peoria County	Dunlap CUSD 323	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 692-8260	424	25	16.8	29.5%	231 (54.5%)	68 (16.0%)	28 (6.6%)	74 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.4%)	$11,527			$674			$10,852	79.9	84.2	286	81
173474003420	368	Lincoln Prairie School	Public	K-8	500 Hillcrest Blvd	Hoffman Estates	60169	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 357-5955	352	31	11.3		164 (46.6%)	20 (5.7%)	50 (14.2%)	86 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.1%)	$19,244			$917			$18,327	79.8	83.5	302	66
171371001725	369	Spring Trail Elementary School	Public	K-6	1384 Spring Valley Dr	Carol Stream	60188	DuPage County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 213-6230	484	24	20.1	35.1%	229 (47.3%)	20 (4.1%)	109 (22.5%)	101 (20.9%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$15,147			$1,269			$13,878	79.8	76.6	438	69
172127005174	370	John A Bannes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16835 Odell Ave	Tinley Park	60477	Cook County	Kirby School District 140	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 532-6466	440	31	14		310 (70.5%)	26 (5.9%)	70 (15.9%)	19 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$17,026			$920			$16,106	79.8	63.5	685	315

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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.