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
1841	McAuliffe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1841 N Springfield Ave	Chicago	60647	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-4400	523	44	12	66.3%	18 (3.4%)	29 (5.5%)	467 (89.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$20,475			$2,457			$18,018	13.2	14	1891	50		170993005547
1842	Olney C Allen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	700 S Farnsworth Ave	Aurora	60505	Kane County	Aurora East Unified School District 131	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 299-5200	712	41	17.4	60.5%	34 (4.8%)	159 (22.3%)	456 (64.0%)	25 (3.5%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	28 (3.9%)	$19,436			$2,030			$17,406	13.2	14.2	1879	37		170468000154
1843	Acero Charter - Bartolome de las	Public, Charter	K-8	1641 W 16th St	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(312) 432-3224	225	17	13.2	88.4%	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.7%)	216 (96.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,987			$1,381			$23,606	13.2	16.3	1794	49		170993006448
1844	Frazier Perspectives Magnet Elementary School	Public	K-8	4027 W Grenshaw St	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-6880	129	21	6.2	88.4%	1 (0.8%)	117 (90.7%)	11 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$36,195			$4,568			$31,626	13.1	18.5	1722	122		170993005930
1845	OKeeffe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6940 S Merrill Ave	Chicago	60649	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-0600	572	44	13.1	82.0%	1 (0.2%)	491 (85.8%)	70 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	$18,275			$2,425			$15,850	13.1	15.7	1820	25		170993001005
1846	Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1643 W Bryn Mawr Ave	Chicago	60660	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 433-3530	379	25	15.1	92.3%	24 (6.3%)	125 (33.0%)	130 (34.3%)	84 (22.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	$18,466			$1,234			$17,232	13	16.9	1776	70		170993005682
1847	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)	No	(n/a)	(773) 279-9826	370	29	12.9	87.0%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	368 (99.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,016			$1,160			$21,855	13	16.3	1786	61		170993006481
1848	Maria Saucedo Magnet Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2850 W 24th Blvd	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-1770	922	69	13.3	91.2%	20 (2.2%)	51 (5.5%)	844 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	$20,224			$3,683			$16,541	12.9	15.8	1818	30		170993004917
1849	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	220 E Sunset Pl	DeKalb	60115	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 754-2212	272	17	15.8	62.9%	100 (36.8%)	123 (45.2%)	28 (10.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.0%)	$18,066			$1,371			$16,695	12.9	16.3	1787	62		171200001452
1850	Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School	Public	PK, KG-8	6011 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-9288	600	41	14.6	96.2%	17 (2.8%)	139 (23.2%)	442 (73.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,231			$2,912			$16,319	12.9	14.4	1870	20		170993000970

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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.