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)
173738003873	301	St Joseph Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	404 S 5th St	Saint Joseph	61873	Champaign County	St Joseph CCSD 169	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 469-2291	451	31	14.6	23.3%	422 (93.6%)	6 (1.3%)	14 (3.1%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$9,542			$682			$8,859	83.2	76.1	447	146
171371005566	302	Centennial School	Public	K-6	234 E Stearns Rd	Bartlett	60103	DuPage County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 213-5632	533	32	16.8	20.6%	330 (61.9%)	20 (3.8%)	73 (13.7%)	81 (15.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.3%)	$14,907			$1,511			$13,395	83.2	76.7	433	131
174218004212	303	Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	K-5	334 Wakeman Ave	Wheaton	60187	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 682-2065	176	19	9.4	30.7%	105 (59.7%)	4 (2.3%)	34 (19.3%)	27 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (2.8%)	$24,871			$2,098			$22,773	83	77.3	418	115
171224004604	304	Dieterich Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	205 S Pine St	Dieterich	62424	Effingham County	Dieterich CUSD 30	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 925-5248	344	22	15.6	27.3%	338 (98.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$10,632			$1,282			$9,350	83	83.6	299	5
171752004810	305	Prairieview School	Public	K-4	103 E Belvidere Rd	Hainesville	60030	Lake County	Grayslake CCSD 46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 543-4230	405	33	12.4	40.0%	183 (45.2%)	31 (7.7%)	130 (32.1%)	38 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	$21,835			$519			$21,316	83	83.9	291	14
171254001515	306	Pierce Downer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1436 Grant St	Downers Grove	60515	DuPage County	Downers Grove GSD 58	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 719-5860	342	24	14		305 (89.2%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.8%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	$15,727			$516			$15,211	82.8	83.4	308	2
170993005268	307	South Loop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1212 S Plymouth Ct	Chicago	60605	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-8690	840	50	16.7	33.2%	247 (29.4%)	283 (33.7%)	133 (15.8%)	103 (12.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (8.3%)	$16,252			$2,159			$14,093	82.6	83.9	292	15
173903003957	308	Arnold W Kruse Educational Center	Public	PK, KG-5	7617 Hemlock Dr	Orland Park	60462	Cook County	Ccsd 146	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 614-4530	462	39	11.9	42.0%	329 (71.2%)	36 (7.8%)	62 (13.4%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.6%)	$18,040			$673			$17,366	82.6	74.4	474	166
170645000488	309	Erickson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	277 Springfield Dr	Bloomingdale	60108	DuPage County	Bloomingdale School District 13	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 529-2223	448	34	13.1		316 (70.5%)	7 (1.6%)	21 (4.7%)	94 (21.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$15,250			$694			$14,557	82.6	87.3	229	80
173022002530	310	Meadow Ridge School	Public	3-5	10959 W 159th St	Orland Park	60467	Cook County	Orland School District 135	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 364-3602	577	43	13.2		373 (64.6%)	64 (11.1%)	61 (10.6%)	42 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.1%)	$16,711			$522			$16,189	82.5	85.2	272	38

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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.