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)
170993001046	1781	Pullman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	11311 S Forrestville Ave	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-5395	313	23	13.7	82.7%	2 (0.6%)	248 (79.2%)	61 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$20,278			$4,378			$15,900	16.7	13.5	1926	145
170993006474	1782	Acero Charter-Brighton Park Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	4420 S Fairfield Ave	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(312) 455-5434	475	29	16.3	85.3%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	472 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,933			$2,091			$15,842	16.7	20.6	1661	121
170993000963	1783	Melody Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3937 W Wilcox St	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6850	318	21	15.1	98.1%	4 (1.3%)	288 (90.6%)	26 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,181			$5,616			$18,565	16.7	15	1871	88
170993001351	1784	Finkl Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2332 S Western Ave	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-5850	209	25	8.5	90.0%	11 (5.3%)	28 (13.4%)	167 (79.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	$32,780			$4,731			$28,049	16.6	24.1	1546	238
170993000586	1785	Barry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2828 N Kilbourn Ave	Chicago	60641	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-3455	472	31	15.4	87.9%	6 (1.3%)	22 (4.7%)	439 (93.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,430			$3,569			$16,861	16.5	23.3	1569	216
170993006481	1786	Acero Charter - Carlos Fuentes Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	2845 W Barry Ave	Chicago	60618	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 279-9826	391	30	13	88.2%	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	384 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,045			$1,600			$20,445	16.3	20.7	1654	132
171200001452	1787	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	220 E Sunset Pl	DeKalb	60115	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 754-2212	267	17	15.5	62.9%	107 (40.1%)	120 (44.9%)	21 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.7%)	$18,320			$2,035			$16,285	16.3	26.1	1496	291
173411003500	1788	Riverview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1421 Spring Bay Rd	East Peoria	61611	Tazewell County	Riverview CCSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 822-8550	216	21	10.2	56.9%	181 (83.8%)	5 (2.3%)	9 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.7%)	$14,976			$1,453			$13,522	16.3	22	1610	178
170993001116	1789	Sullivan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8331 S Mackinaw Ave	Chicago	60617	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-6585	410	37	11.2	92.2%	10 (2.4%)	307 (74.9%)	89 (21.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$24,058			$3,950			$20,108	16.3	21	1645	144
173546003699	1790	Strassburg Elementary	Public	3-5	2002 223rd St	Sauk Village	60411	Cook County	Ccsd 168	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 758-4754	384	30	12.7	64.1%	7 (1.8%)	294 (76.6%)	70 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.1%)	$15,163			$2,811			$12,352	16.3	16.8	1796	6

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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.