Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the ISA and IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 30, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 2056)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
1171	Oblong Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	600 W Main St	Oblong	62449	Crawford County	Oblong CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 592-4225	361	31	11.7	57.1%	354 (98.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$14,342			$1,295			$13,048	41.8	30.3	1387	216		172942003074
1172	Lake in the Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	519 Willow St	Lake in the Hills	60156	McHenry County	Cusd 300	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 532-6900	502	34	14.8	62.5%	269 (53.6%)	11 (2.2%)	186 (37.1%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.8%)	$15,444			$549			$14,895	41.7	33.1	1309	137		170855000490
1173	Henry-Senachwine Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 Richard St	Henry	61537	Marshall County	Henry-Senachwine CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 364-2531	387	29	13.4	51.4%	356 (92.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$12,979			$1,364			$11,616	41.7	34.8	1277	104		170011505396
1174	Lovett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6333 W Bloomingdale Ave	Chicago	60639	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-3130	342	29	11.6	83.3%	6 (1.8%)	244 (71.3%)	89 (26.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$20,106			$2,581			$17,525	41.6	28.3	1455	281		170993000929
1175	Union Elementary School	Public	K-6	20 S 27th St	Belleville	62226	St. Clair County	Belleville School District 118	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 233-4132	432	29	15.1	78.0%	117 (27.1%)	242 (56.0%)	26 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.6%)	$19,730			$1,653			$18,077	41.6	45.3	1041	134		170561000239
1176	Little Fort Elementary School	Public	K-5	1775 Blanchard Rd	Waukegan	60087	Lake County	Waukegan CUSD 60	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(224) 303-3700	421	31	13.5	70.3%	8 (1.9%)	62 (14.7%)	322 (76.5%)	15 (3.6%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$20,871			$1,111			$19,760	41.6	42.9	1094	82		174125004134
1177	Blue Ridge Intermediate-Junior High School	Public	4-8	107 South McKinley Street	Mansfield	61854	Piatt County	Blue Ridge CUSD 18	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 489-5201	232	21	11	47.8%	217 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$18,815			$1,145			$17,670	41.5	62.6	689	488		170000305123
1178	Ulysses S Grant Intermediate School	Public	4-5	816 E Grant Hwy	Marengo	60152	McHenry County	Marengo-Union E Cons D 165	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 568-8323	249	16	15.9	58.6%	146 (58.6%)	1 (0.4%)	88 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	$13,160			$1,151			$12,009	41.5	54.5	826	352		170007706246
1179	Lee Elementary School	Public	K-8	6448 S Tripp Ave	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-2255	581	40	14.7	90.5%	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.2%)	571 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,880			$2,511			$15,370	41.5	34.2	1284	105		170993001214
1180	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1110 W Main St	Ottawa	61350	LaSalle County	Ottawa Education Service District 141	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 434-1250	387	29	13.1	69.3%	259 (66.9%)	3 (0.8%)	93 (24.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	$13,850			$745			$13,106	41.4	28.4	1448	268		173030003138

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics, ISA Science test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2025, 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.