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)
172346002575	681	Butterfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	2S500 Gray Ave	Lombard	60148	DuPage County	Lombard School District 44	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 827-4000	282	22	13	25.9%	155 (55.0%)	31 (11.0%)	34 (12.1%)	51 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$19,154			$346			$18,808	62.9	63.3	688	7
170701000363	682	Breese Elementary School	Public	2-8	777 Memorial Dr	Breese	62230	Clinton County	Breese Education Service District 12	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 526-7128	421	27	15.8	33.3%	369 (87.6%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$10,022			$19			$10,003	62.9	66.2	623	59
171371003644	683	Nature Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1899 Westridge Blvd	Bartlett	60103	DuPage County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 372-4647	472	34	13.9	28.4%	162 (34.3%)	15 (3.2%)	134 (28.4%)	142 (30.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.2%)	$13,726			$1,362			$12,364	62.8	61.7	717	34
170004505239	684	Gallatin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	5175 Highway 13	Junction	62954	Gallatin County	Gallatin CUSD 7	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 272-3821	291	24	12.2	60.1%	270 (92.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.2%)	$13,540			$2,839			$10,701	62.8	65.9	625	59
173708003836	685	Sandburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	2051 Wabash Ave	Springfield	62704	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 787-3112	278	19	14.6	47.1%	109 (39.2%)	120 (43.2%)	10 (3.6%)	13 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.0%)	$20,695			$3,810			$16,885	62.7	63.5	681	4
173474003631	686	Adlai Stevenson Elementary School	Public	K-6	1414 Armstrong Ln	Elk Grove Village	60007	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 357-5200	496	43	11.6		206 (41.5%)	48 (9.7%)	137 (27.6%)	86 (17.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	$15,907			$989			$14,918	62.7	70.3	558	128
170985000580	687	Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1300 1500th St	Lincoln	62656	Logan County	Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 732-4136	299	22	13.5	47.5%	270 (90.3%)	4 (1.3%)	9 (3.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	$10,820			$838			$9,982	62.6	66.4	620	67
170993000411	688	Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Ct	Public	PK, KG-8	4747 S Marshfield Ave	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-4600	783	54	14.5	96.8%	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.7%)	764 (97.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,945			$3,515			$15,429	62.6	51.1	927	239
170000305123	689	Blue Ridge Intermediate-Junior High School	Public	4-8	107 South McKinley Street	Mansfield	61854	Piatt County	Blue Ridge CUSD 18	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 489-5201	217	19	11.4	48.4%	204 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	$18,487			$759			$17,728	62.6	56.9	798	109
172298002540	690	Northwest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	506 11th St	Lincoln	62656	Logan County	Lincoln Education Service District 27	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 732-6819	290	20	14.6	83.8%	220 (75.9%)	5 (1.7%)	18 (6.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (15.5%)	$13,320			$1,552			$11,769	62.3	46.4	1024	334

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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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.