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
601	Pecatonica Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	721 Reed St	Pecatonica	61063	Winnebago County	Pecatonica CUSD 321	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 239-2550	307	26	11.8	34.9%	272 (88.6%)	3 (1.0%)	19 (6.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$16,376			$699			$15,678	70	75.6	465	136		173105003228
602	Limestone Walters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8223 W Smithville Rd	Peoria	61607	Peoria County	Limestone Walters CCSD 316	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 697-3035	169	15	11.6	30.2%	155 (91.7%)	2 (1.2%)	6 (3.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	$15,121			$542			$14,579	69.9	56.2	798	196		172292002534
603	Liberty Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1690 Career Center Rd	Bourbonnais	60914	Kankakee County	Bourbonnais School District 53	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 929-5000	714	55	12.9	53.5%	434 (60.8%)	98 (13.7%)	114 (16.0%)	14 (2.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.1%)	$13,764			$330			$13,434	69.9	72.8	511	92		170675005828
604	Southbury Elementary School	Public	K-5	820 Preston Ln	Oswego	60543	Kendall County	Cusd 308	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 551-9800	676	43	15.9	25.6%	357 (52.8%)	75 (11.1%)	111 (16.4%)	93 (13.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.6%)	$15,273			$481			$14,792	69.9	64.8	652	48		173027006004
605	Lincoln Trail Elementary School	Public	3-5	102 E State St	Mahomet	61853	Champaign County	Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 586-2811	801	43	18.8	24.3%	672 (83.9%)	10 (1.2%)	45 (5.6%)	26 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.0%)	$10,251			$526			$9,725	69.9	60.6	725	120		172406002626
606	New Simpson Hill District 32	Public	PK, KG-8	95 Tunnel Hill Rd	Tunnel Hill	62972	Johnson County	New Simpson Hill School District 32	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 658-8536	228	15	14.9	44.3%	211 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.6%)	$15,396			$1,565			$13,831	69.8	68.1	586	20		172816003817
607	Newton Elementary School	Public	1-6	101 Maxwell St	Newton	62448	Jasper County	Jasper County CUD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 783-8464	476	37	12.8	49.4%	451 (94.7%)	4 (0.8%)	10 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$13,630			$952			$12,678	69.7	60.8	721	114		172038002303
608	Flora Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	445 Emory St	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 662-2014	672	51	13.3	61.2%	604 (89.9%)	5 (0.7%)	41 (6.1%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.2%)	$11,554			$853			$10,701	69.7	70.1	549	59		171540006376
609	Casals Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3501 W Potomac Ave	Chicago	60651	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-4444	337	30	11.4	90.2%	12 (3.6%)	83 (24.6%)	233 (69.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	$20,298			$2,402			$17,896	69.6	59.1	749	140		170993005303
610	Winston Churchill Elementary School	Public	K-6	1520 Jones Rd	Schaumburg	60195	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 357-6300	572	50	11.5		222 (38.8%)	24 (4.2%)	129 (22.6%)	173 (30.2%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.1%)	$16,846			$675			$16,171	69.6	67.1	604	6		173474003658

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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.
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.