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)
173027005365	331	Churchill Elementary School	Public	K-5	520 Secretariat Ln	Oswego	60543	Kendall County	Cusd 308	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 636-3800	436	32	13.5	17.4%	254 (58.3%)	45 (10.3%)	79 (18.1%)	36 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (4.4%)	$16,898			$616			$16,282	81.4	80	372	41
172373004931	332	Ludwig Elementary School	Public	4-5	710 N State St	Lockport	60441	Will County	Will County School District 92	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 838-8031	316	31	10.1	30.1%	243 (76.9%)	5 (1.6%)	57 (18.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$22,445			$983			$21,462	81.4	70	563	231
170993000636	333	Burr Elementary School	Public	K-8	1621 W Wabansia Ave	Chicago	60622	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-4090	454	33	13.9	27.8%	181 (39.9%)	39 (8.6%)	160 (35.2%)	22 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.2%)	$18,098			$2,804			$15,295	81.4	80.5	365	32
172925003060	334	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	1111 S Grove Ave	Oak Park	60304	Cook County	Oak Park Education Service District 97	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(708) 524-3110	576	50	11.6	16.7%	314 (54.5%)	71 (12.3%)	99 (17.2%)	18 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (12.0%)	$19,528			$776			$18,752	81.4	82.2	331	3
173966004004	335	Union Elementary School	Public	K-8	1661 Cherry Hill Rd	Joliet	60433	Will County	Union School District 81	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 726-5218	128	12	10.3	46.9%	52 (40.6%)	10 (7.8%)	55 (43.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.6%)	$28,891			$1,757			$27,134	81.3	87.4	222	113
170492000182	336	Ball Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1015 New City Rd	Chatham	62629	Sangamon County	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 483-2414	609	35	17.6	24.3%	476 (78.2%)	50 (8.2%)	25 (4.1%)	18 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.4%)	$11,391			$870			$10,522	81.3	61.9	711	375
174107006144	337	Gardner Elementary School	Public	4-5	1 Ed Gardner Pl	Waterloo	62298	Monroe County	Waterloo CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 939-3060	384	23	16.6	23.7%	358 (93.2%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$10,984			$724			$10,260	81.2	76.9	427	90
173474003638	338	Enders-Salk Elementary School	Public	K-6	345 N Salem Dr	Schaumburg	60194	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 357-6400	472	34	13.7		141 (29.9%)	34 (7.2%)	190 (40.3%)	91 (19.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$16,212			$1,021			$15,191	81.1	76.4	443	105
172160002422	339	Forest Road Elementary School	Public	1-6	901 Forest Rd	La Grange Park	60526	Cook County	La Grange School District 102	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 215-6400	493	41	12.1	12.2%	280 (56.8%)	30 (6.1%)	130 (26.4%)	19 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.9%)	$18,325			$788			$17,538	81	88.1	211	128
173651003763	340	Smithton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	316 S Hickory St	Smithton	62285	St. Clair County	Smithton CCSD 130	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 233-6863	546	38	14.3	16.5%	518 (94.9%)	13 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	$11,552			$865			$10,687	81	86.8	241	99

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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.