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
871	Albert Einstein Elementary School	Public	K-6	1100 Laurie Ln	Hanover Park	60133	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 736-2500	512	52	9.8		152 (29.7%)	67 (13.1%)	180 (35.2%)	96 (18.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	$20,081			$1,679			$18,402	56.8	57.3	771	100		173474003633
872	Hilltop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1855 Rohrson Rd	Elgin	60120	Cook County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 289-6655	521	29	17.7	49.3%	95 (18.2%)	39 (7.5%)	233 (44.7%)	123 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.4%)	$18,869			$961			$17,909	56.8	60.1	733	139		171371005614
873	Pioneer Elementary School	Public	K-5	1470 Raven Dr	Bolingbrook	60490	Will County	Valley View CUSD 365U	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 771-2420	561	46	12.3	46.5%	131 (23.4%)	151 (26.9%)	146 (26.0%)	97 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.4%)	$18,679			$883			$17,796	56.7	45.7	1027	154		174007004208
874	Devonshire School	Public	K-5	1401 Pennsylvania Ave	Des Plaines	60018	Cook County	Community Cons School District 59	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 593-4398	370	30	12.4	61.1%	139 (37.6%)	20 (5.4%)	92 (24.9%)	99 (26.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.6%)	$22,296			$705			$21,590	56.7	67	607	267		171377001714
875	Richland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1919 Caton Farm Rd	Crest Hill	60403	Will County	Richland GSD 88A	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 744-6166	774	63	12.3	59.2%	197 (25.5%)	174 (22.5%)	345 (44.6%)	18 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	35 (4.5%)	$18,335			$852			$17,483	56.5	56.3	791	84		173345003461
876	Gardner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	598 N Elm St	Gardner	60424	Grundy County	Gardner CCSD 72C	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 237-2313	146	16	9.1	51.4%	126 (86.3%)	1 (0.7%)	16 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	$20,042			$853			$19,189	56.4	46	1022	146		171623001941
877	Porta Central	Public	3-6	1500 Owen Ave	Petersburg	62675	Menard County	Porta CUSD 202	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 632-7781	288	24	12.2	41.0%	266 (92.4%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.6%)	$14,213			$765			$13,448	56.4	48.6	973	96		173141004796
878	Euclid Elementary School	Public	1-5	711 East Euclid Ave.	Mount Prospect	60056	Cook County	River Trails School District 26	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 259-3303	344	35	9.8	43.3%	129 (37.5%)	6 (1.7%)	110 (32.0%)	71 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.8%)	$20,363			$3,258			$17,105	56.4	44.2	1066	188		173387003477
879	Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5	Public	PK, KG-5	410 1st St	Kirkland	60146	DeKalb County	Hiawatha CUSD 426	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 522-3336	216	18	11.9	52.3%	173 (80.1%)	2 (0.9%)	31 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.7%)	$17,032			$916			$16,116	56.3	52.9	868	11		172130004685
880	Argenta-Oreana Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	400 W South St	Oreana	62554	Macon County	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 468-2121	445	32	13.8	53.5%	379 (85.2%)	17 (3.8%)	7 (1.6%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.3%)	$12,236			$765			$11,471	56.3	50.7	918	38		170399000084

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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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Educational resources:

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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.