Best Elementary Schools in Illinois

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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
1631	Army Trail Elementary School	Public	K-5	346 W Army Trail Blvd	Addison	60101	DuPage County	Addison School District 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 458-2502	258	28	9.2	79.1%	40 (15.5%)	12 (4.7%)	167 (64.7%)	8 (3.1%)	28 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$17,471			$1,068			$16,403	21.5	21.8	1632	1		170315000005
1632	Whittier Elementary School	Public	K-5	901 N Lewis Ave	Waukegan	60085	Lake County	Waukegan CUSD 60	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(224) 303-1900	438	37	11.8	69.2%	3 (0.7%)	40 (9.1%)	376 (85.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.2%)	$21,192			$1,136			$20,056	21.4	13.7	1901	269		174125005947
1633	Lords Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	323 Waverly Dr	Elgin	60120	Cook County	School District U-46	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 888-5360	655	41	16.1	71.3%	27 (4.1%)	31 (4.7%)	568 (86.7%)	13 (2.0%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$17,393			$1,705			$15,688	21.3	24.3	1558	75		171371001685
1634	Sunnyside Intermediate School	Public	3-5	5412 Saint Charles Rd	Berkeley	60163	Cook County	Berkeley School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 449-3170	344	33	10.5	79.7%	14 (4.1%)	133 (38.7%)	189 (54.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$21,197			$1,126			$20,071	21.3	17.7	1744	110		170600000282
1635	West Elementary School	Public	2-5	1513 State St	Alton	62002	Madison County	Alton CUSD 11	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 463-2134	407	31	13.2	57.0%	183 (45.0%)	120 (29.5%)	34 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (17.0%)	$14,903			$2,020			$12,884	21.3	32.2	1338	297		170360004116
1636	Black Hawk Elementary School	Public	K-5	2500 S College St	Springfield	62704	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 525-3195	234	19	12.6	78.2%	48 (20.5%)	118 (50.4%)	20 (8.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	46 (19.7%)	$20,692			$2,295			$18,397	21.3	23.7	1581	55		173708003815
1637	McCleery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1002 W Illinois Ave	Aurora	60506	Kane County	Aurora West Unified School District 129	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(630) 301-5012	513	39	13.1	54.8%	31 (6.0%)	49 (9.6%)	382 (74.5%)	30 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.5%)	$17,081			$1,682			$15,399	21.3	17.1	1765	128		170471000167
1638	Barbara A Sizemore Campus	Public, Charter	K-8	6547 S Stewart Ave	Chicago	60621	Cook County	Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(773) 651-1661	231	14	16.5	99.6%	0 (0.0%)	223 (96.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.2%)	$24,094			$1,940			$22,153	21.1	18.5	1724	86		170142406396
1639	Providence-Englewood Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	6515 S Ashland Ave	Chicago	60636	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 434-0202	428	31	13.9	97.0%	1 (0.2%)	393 (91.8%)	31 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,786			$728			$18,058	21.1	30.6	1377	262		170993005885
1640	Reinberg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3425 N Major Ave	Chicago	60634	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 534-3465	768	61	12.6	75.0%	119 (15.5%)	31 (4.0%)	561 (73.0%)	34 (4.4%)	11 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.4%)	$20,574			$2,243			$18,331	21	26.3	1508	132		170993001055

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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.