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
181	Grace McWayne Elementary School	Public	K-5	3501 Hapner Way	Batavia	60510	Kane County	Batavia Unified School District 101	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 937-8100	372	26	14.1	9.9%	312 (83.9%)	6 (1.6%)	28 (7.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.2%)	$20,651			$515			$20,136	89.8	82.5	313	132		170522000499
182	May Watts Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 S Whispering Hills Dr	Naperville	60540	DuPage County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 428-6700	668	42	15.7	7.9%	202 (30.2%)	44 (6.6%)	38 (5.7%)	341 (51.0%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	$13,748			$821			$12,928	89.7	84.3	277	95		174169005460
183	Beebe Elementary School	Public	K-5	110 E 11th Ave	Naperville	60563	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 420-6332	619	42	14.6	22.3%	287 (46.4%)	38 (6.1%)	134 (21.6%)	108 (17.4%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.4%)	$17,531			$400			$17,131	89.7	85.7	258	75		172771002929
184	Greenbrier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2330 N Verde Dr	Arlington Heights	60004	Cook County	Arlington Heights School District 25	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 398-4272	280	32	8.8	23.6%	182 (65.0%)	5 (1.8%)	17 (6.1%)	74 (26.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,193			$760			$21,433	89.7	90.5	178	6		170414000096
185	Gower West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	7650 Clarendon Hills Rd	Willowbrook	60527	DuPage County	Gower School District 62	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 986-5383	531	37	14.2		317 (59.7%)	19 (3.6%)	78 (14.7%)	66 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.6%)	$17,929			$227			$17,701	89.6	90.7	174	11		171716002021
186	Whittier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	536 Hill St	Downers Grove	60515	DuPage County	Downers Grove GSD 58	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 719-5865	307	18	16.9		251 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.1%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$19,487			$1,207			$18,280	89.6	89.2	205	19		171254001517
187	New Hope Elementary School	Public	K-8	1804 County Road 445 N	Fairfield	62837	Wayne County	New Hope CCSD 6	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 842-3296	204	13	15.8	43.1%	194 (95.1%)	3 (1.5%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,746			$679			$10,067	89.5	93.9	132	55		172811002964
188	Rockland Elementary School	Public	K-5	160 W Rockland Rd	Libertyville	60048	Lake County	Libertyville School District 70	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 362-3134	305	26	11.6		234 (76.7%)	10 (3.3%)	36 (11.8%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.3%)	$20,968			$59			$20,908	89.5	90.9	169	19		172280002528
189	Bower Elementary School	Public	K-5	4S241 River Rd	Warrenville	60555	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 393-9413	406	43	9.4	31.5%	246 (60.6%)	12 (3.0%)	89 (21.9%)	35 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	$26,444			$1,244			$25,200	89.4	90.5	177	12		174218004437
190	Lowell Elementary School	Public	K-5	312 S President St	Wheaton	60187	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 682-2085	283	24	11.7	30.4%	183 (64.7%)	21 (7.4%)	25 (8.8%)	39 (13.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.9%)	$20,287			$748			$19,538	89.4	88.7	212	22		174218004216

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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.