Best Elementary Schools in Illinois for White Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Illinois!

Every year, the Illinois State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Illinois test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (White vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 1389)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1389	Constance Lane Elementary School	Public	K-5	620 Gregory St	Rockford	61104	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 966-3380	623	39	15.8	90.5%	74 (11.9%)	357 (57.3%)	110 (17.7%)	14 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (10.6%)	$16,942			$2,332			$14,611	0.0%	0.2%	0.24%			173451003580
1388	Empire Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1325 Empire St	Freeport	61032	Stephenson County	Freeport School District 145	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 232-0380	295	25	12	66.4%	133 (45.1%)	77 (26.1%)	43 (14.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (13.2%)	$18,192			$2,889			$15,303	0.1%	2.1%	2.02%			171590001900
1387	Franklin Grove Elementary School	Public	K-6	2440 N Summit Ave	Decatur	62526	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3561	461	25	18.5	89.8%	106 (23.0%)	243 (52.7%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (21.0%)	$16,270			$2,258			$14,011	0.1%	0.6%	0.49%			171185001404
1386	Grand Prairie Elementary School	Public	K-8	21462 N Richview Ln	Centralia	62801	Jefferson County	Grand Prairie CCSD 6	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 249-6289	63	7	8.7	96.8%	58 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,093			$4,502			$17,591	0.2%	12.7%	12.48%			171719002022
1385	Meade Park Elementary School	Public	K-4	200 S Kansas Ave	Danville	61834	Vermilion County	Danville CCSD 118	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 444-1925	312	23	13.8	96.5%	83 (26.6%)	158 (50.6%)	33 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (11.5%)	$20,909			$3,174			$17,735	0.3%	8.6%	8.27%			171179001391
1384	Gard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 E 15th St	Beardstown	62618	Cass County	Beardstown CUSD 15	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 323-1364	711	38	18.7	77.1%	143 (20.1%)	144 (20.3%)	268 (37.7%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	150 (21.1%)	$11,342			$1,292			$10,050	0.4%	4.1%	3.77%			170531000217
1383	Meredosia-Chambersburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	830 Main Street	Meredosia	62665	Morgan County	Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 584-1744	116	12	10	75.0%	105 (90.5%)	4 (3.4%)	5 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$20,681			$2,279			$18,402	0.4%	5.3%	4.82%			172568004736
1382	Raymond Ellis Elementary School	Public	K-5	720 Central Park Dr	Round Lake Beach	60073	Lake County	Round Lake CUSD 116	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 270-9900	617	51	12	90.1%	48 (7.8%)	19 (3.1%)	528 (85.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	$20,065			$1,696			$18,369	0.5%	11.8%	11.27%			173499003666
1381	Shawnee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3365 N State Route 3	Wolf Lake	62998	Union County	Shawnee CUSD 84	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 833-4975	136	8	17.8	60.3%	127 (93.4%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.1%)	$19,037			$2,036			$17,001	0.6%	7.4%	6.87%			174299004312
1380	Egyptian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20023 Diswood Rd	Tamms	62988	Alexander County	Egyptian CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 776-5251	151	12	12.5	99.3%	113 (74.8%)	19 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (12.6%)	$15,800			$1,890			$13,910	0.6%	6.4%	5.72%			171359001656

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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.